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1958 Cambodian general election

National election

Field	Value
election_name	1958 Cambodian general election
country	Cambodia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1955 Cambodian general election
previous_year	1955
next_election	1962 Cambodian general election
next_year	1962
seats_for_election	All 61 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	31
election_date	23 March 1958
image1	[[File:Sihanouk 1959.jpg	150x150px]]
leader1	Norodom Sihanouk
party1	Sangkum
seats_before1	91
seats1	61
seat_change1	30
popular_vote1	1,646,488
percentage1	99.9%
swing1	17.2%
image2	[[File:3x4.svg	200x200px]]
leader2	Keo Meas
party2	Pracheachon
colour2	FF0000
seats_before2	0
seats2	0
popular_vote2	409
percentage2	0.1
swing2	3.8%

General elections were held in Cambodia on 23 March 1958. The Sangkum party received all but 409 of the 1.6 million votes, winning all 61 seats in the National Assembly.

Results

By district

Most districts only had one Sangkum candidate, but one Phnom Penh district was contested by a Pracheachon candidate.

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Nhieim Sokphai	Sangkum	13,542	97.2	Elected
Keo Meas	Pracheachon	396	2.8
Total	13,938	100
Source: Corfield

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p63 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
Nohlen et al., p69
(31 December 1994). "Khmers Stand Up!". Monash Asia Institute.

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