1976 Cambodian general election

none Democratic Kampuchea parliamentary 98% All 250 seats in the People's Representative Assembly 126 1972 Cambodian general election 1972 1981 Cambodian general election 1981 20 March 1976 Pol Pot Pol Pot (cropped).jpg Communist Party National United Front 100 250 1976 Cambodian general election.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister CPK (NUF) Pol Pot CPK Penn Nouth General elections were held in Democratic Kampuchea on 20 March 1976, following the Khmer Rouge's victory over the Lon Nol government in April 1975. A total of 515 candidates for the 250 seats of Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly were put forward by the Communist-dominated National United Front of Kampuchea, 150 of whom were to be elected from among the peasantry, 50 from the industrial workers, and 50 from the Kampuchea Revolutionary Army. Following the election, the newly elected Assembly convened on 11 April, electing a new administration with General Secretary Pol Pot as Prime Minister and his interim predecessor Khieu Samphan as President of the State Presidium, ousting Prince of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk.Cambodia Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was reported to be 98%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p64 0-19-924959-8 Results File:Cambodia_National_Assembly_1976.svg National United Front of Kampuchea 250 New #D00018 +124 3462868 98 Nohlen et al. References Cambodia General Category:General elections in Cambodia Category:One-party elections Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Cambodia