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Word: kampot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Community) Party, organized only six months ago by popular, chubby 32-year-old ex-King Norodom Sihanouk. The neutralist Democratic Party, which controlled the last National Assembly before its dissolution in 1952, polled a mere 18% of the votes. The Communists got almost none except in their stronghold of Kampot, shared with other minor parties only some 12%. Sangkum candidates won all 91 seats in the new Assembly, a victory of almost embarrassing proportions for Prince Sihanouk. Apologizing for success, he declared: "If I wanted to fake the elections, I would never have the effrontery to scrounge all the seats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: The People's Prince | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

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