Liberal Party (Cambodia)

Liberal Party
គណបក្សសេរីនិយម
Leader Norodom Norindeth
Founded 1946
Dissolved 1955
Merged into Sangkum
Headquarters Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Ideology Conservatism
Political position Centre-right
Religion Theravada Buddhism

The Liberal Party (Khmer: គណបក្សសេរីនិយម), first known as the Constitutionalist Party, was a conservative, pro-French political party in Cambodia. The party was led by Prince Norodom Norindeth and was supported by the Khmer elites, the French, and members of the royal family.[1] The party advocated an evolutionary approach for independence as opposed to their more radical rivals, the Democrats.

General election results

Election Total seats won Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Election leader
1946
14 / 67
N/A N/A Increase 14 seats; opposition Norodom Norindeth
1947
21 / 75
N/A N/A Increase 7 seats; opposition Norodom Norindeth
1951
18 / 78
N/A N/A Decrease 3 seats; opposition Norodom Norindeth
1955
0 / 91
5,488 0.7% Decrease 18 seats; no seats Norodom Norindeth

References

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