Country: | Democratic Kampuchea |
Seats For Election: | All 250 seats in the People's Representative Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 126 |
Previous Election: | 1972 |
Next Election: | 1981 |
Election Date: | 20 March 1976 |
First Election: | yes |
Registered: | 3,462,868 |
Turnout: | 98% |
Leader1: | Pol Pot |
Party1: | National United Front |
Percentage1: | 100 |
Seats1: | 250 |
General elections were held in Democratic Kampuchea on 20 March 1976, following the Khmer Rouge's victory over the Lon Nol government in April 1975. A total of 515 candidates for the 250 seats of Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly were put forward by the Communist-dominated National United Front of Kampuchea, 150 of whom were to be elected from among the peasantry, 50 from the industrial workers, and 50 from the Kampuchea Revolutionary Army. Following the election, the newly elected Assembly convened on 11 April, electing a new administration with General Secretary Pol Pot as Prime Minister and his interim predecessor Khieu Samphan as President of the State Presidium, ousting Prince of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk.[1] Voter turnout was reported to be 98%.[2]