Khmer National United Party
Cambodian political party From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Khmer National United Party (KNUP; Khmer: គណបក្សខ្មែររួបរួមជាតិ, ខ.រ.ជ, UNGEGN: Kônâbâks Khmêr Ruŏbruŏm Chéatĕ, K.R.C) is a Cambodian political party founded in February 2016 by Nhek Bun Chhay and former members of FUNCINPEC.[4]
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Khmer National United Party គណបក្សរួបរួមជាតិខ្មែរ | |
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Abbreviation | KNUP (English) ខ.រ.ជ (Khmer) |
Leader | Nhek Bun Chhay |
Founder | Nhek Bun Chhay |
Founded | February 2016 |
Registered | 14 March 2016[1] |
Split from | FUNCINPEC |
Headquarters | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Ideology | Royalism |
Slogan | "ឯករាជ្យភាព សន្តិភាព យុត្តិធម៌" ("Independence, Peace, Justice") [2] |
Senate | 0 / 62
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National Assembly | 0 / 125
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Commune Chiefs | 1 / 1,646
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Commune Council | 24 / 11,572
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Provincial, municipal, town and district councillors[3] | 1 / 4,114
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Website | |
https://www.knu-party.org (defunct) | |
The party is open to legalizing same-sex marriage.[5]
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Attempts at merging back into FUNCINPEC
On September 13 and 18, 2019, senior officials of the KNUP and FUNCINPEC began discussion to merge the KNUP back into FUNCINPEC.[6] KNUP spokesman Run Meatra said that senior officials of FUNCINPEC and the KNUP agreed to a merger on December 23, but both never went through with the decision.[7]
On September 22, 2021, both parties discussed merging ahead of the upcoming commune elections.[8] KNUP president Nhek Bun Chhay announced another merger between the two party after they both negotiated several times and resolved their own internal issues.[8] However, due to a controversy regarding the leadership of a united party, the decision to merge never went ahead.[9]
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Recent electoral history
General election
Year | Party leader | Votes | Seats | Position | Government | |||
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# | % | ± | # | ± | ||||
2018 | Nhek Bun Chhay | 99,377 | 1.56% | New | 0 / 125 |
New | 5th | CPP |
2023 | 134,285 | 1.73% | 0.17 | 0 / 125 |
3rd | CPP |
Communal elections
Year | Party leader | Votes | Chiefs | Councillors | Position | ||||
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# | % | ± | # | ± | # | ± | |||
2017 | Nhek Bun Chhay | 78,724 | 1.13 | New | 0 / 1,646 |
New | 24 / 11,572 |
New | 5th |
2022 | 63,868 | 0.88 | 0.27 | 0 / 1,652 |
13 / 11,622 |
11 | 4th | ||
Senate election
Year | Votes | Seats | Position | |||
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# | % | ± | # | ± | ||
2018 | 182 | 1.56 | New | 0 / 62 |
New | 3rd |
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