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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]
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]
Attempts at merging back into FUNCINPEC
editOn 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]
Recent electoral history
editGeneral election
editYear | Party leader | Votes | Seats | Position | Government | |||
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# | % | ± | # | ± | ||||
2018 | Nhek Bun Chhay | 99,377 | 1.56% | New | 0 / 125
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New | CPP | |
2023 | 134,285 | 1.73% | 0 / 125
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CPP |
Communal elections
editYear | Party leader | Votes | Chiefs | Councillors | Position | ||||
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# | % | ± | # | ± | # | ± | |||
2017 | Nhek Bun Chhay | 78,724 | 1.13 | New | 0 / 1,646
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New | 24 / 11,572
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New | |
2022 | 63,868 | 0.88 | 0 / 1,652
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13 / 11,622
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Senate election
editYear | Votes | Seats | Position | |||
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# | % | ± | # | ± | ||
2018 | 182 | 1.56 | New | 0 / 62
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New |
References
edit- ^ Tola, Kang (12 February 2022). "មានគណបក្សនយោបាយចំនួន៤៥ ត្រូវបានចុះបញ្ជីផ្លូវការនៅក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ". Kampuchea Thmey Daily. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ គោលនយោបាយមូលដ្ឋាន ទាំង៩ចំណុច របស់គណបក្ស ខ្មែររួបរួមជាតិ។ Facebook, 23 January 2017
- ^ Khorn, Savi (11 June 2019). "Ministry: Councillors to be appointed by next Monday". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Funcinpec Party Disintegrates, Yet Again". February 2, 2016.
- ^ Sokha, Touch. "Parties open to gay marriage". www.phnompenhpost.com.
- ^ Sovuthy, Khy (29 September 2019). "Funcinpec and KNUP discuss merging". Khmer Times. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Sovuthy, Khy (2 December 2019). "Funcinpec, KNUP to merge this month". Khmer Times. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ a b Samean, Lay (23 September 2021). "Funcinpec and KNUP merge ahead of commune elections". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Sokhean, Ben (15 September 2021). "Wheel of misfortune: Funcinpec-KNUP re-unity and splits keep recurring". Khmer Times. Retrieved 26 May 2022.