Change in the air as Cambodia votes?

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Up for grabs are 123 seats in parliament, with some 9.6 million people are expected to vote - many of them for the very first time.
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The Cambodian People's Party (CPP), run by Prime Minister Hun Sen, has been campaigning on a platform of continued development and stability.
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But Hun Sen has also regularly been accused by human rights groups of keeping a tight grip on power by clamping down on any form of dissent.
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As separate entities, they were no match for the might and political machinery of Hun Sen's ruling CPP. But by joining forces, the CNRP is posing the biggest challenge to the current regime that Cambodia has seen in decades.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23461127

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Cambodia election: Hun Sen's ruling party claims victory

The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) led by Prime Minister Hun Sen said it had won at least 68 seats, compared with 55 seats for the main opposition.

Official results have not yet been released, but if these numbers are confirmed it would be the CPP's worst performance in 15 years.

Hun Sen has been in power in Cambodia for nearly three decades.

His main challenge in the elections is from the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), led by Sam Rainsy, who recently came back to the country from self-imposed exile.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23484224

However:

Cambodia elections: Opposition claim widespread fraud

More than nine million people were eligible to vote, but the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) led by Sam Rainsy, says there has been widespread fraud.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23484628

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Cambodia's opposition claims election win

Cambodia's opposition party says it narrowly won Sunday's general election, challenging the ruling party's earlier declaration of victory.

Hours after the poll, PM Hun Sen's ruling party said it won 68 seats in parliament to the opposition's 55.

But opposition leader Sam Rainsy said the result was 63-60 in his favour, and called for an independent commission to investigate poll irregularities.

Official poll results are not expected until mid-August.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23513594