At stake in this election:

• 123 seats in the National Assembly

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: King Norodom SIHANOUK
• Head of Government: Prime Minister HUN SEN
• Assembly: Cambodia has a bicameral Parliament consisting of the Senate with 61 seats and the National Assembly with 123 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The King is hereditary N/A.
• In the Senate, 57 members are elected by members of the National Assembly and local Commune councilors to serve 6-year terms, 2 members are elected by the National Assembly to serve 6-year terms and 2 members are appointed by the monarch to serve 6-year terms. In the National Assembly 123 members are elected by universal adult suffrage to serve 5-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Cambodian People's Party (CPP)
  Leader: HUN Sen and CHEA Sim
  Seats won in last National Assembly election: 90
• Alliance: Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP)**
  Leader: SAM Rainsy and KEM Sokha
  Seats won in last National Assembly election: 29
• Party: FUNCINPEC***
  Leader: NORODOM Arun Reaksmey
  Seats won in last National Assembly election: 2
• Party: Cambodian Nationality Party
  Leader: SENG Sokheng
  Seats won in last National Assembly election: N/A
• Party: Republican Democracy Party
  Leader: SOVANN Panchakseila
  Seats won in last National Assembly election: N/A
• Party: Khmer Anti-Poverty Party
  Leader: KRAVANH Daran
  Seats won in last National Assembly election: N/A
• Party: Khmer Economic Development Party
  Leader: HUON Chamroeun
  Seats won in last National Assembly election: N/A
• Party: League for Democracy Party
  Leader: KHEM Veasna
  Seats won in last National Assembly election: N/A

** Electoral alliance between Sam Rainsy Party and Human Rights Party. 26 seats won by Sam Rainsy party in previous election; 3 seats won by Human Rights party in previous election.
*** Allied with CPP

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 15,205,539 (July 2013 est.)
• Registered Voters: 9,675,453 (May 2013 est.)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population:7,726,287 (2013)

·         Is Cambodia a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 October 1980)

·         Has Cambodia ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (15 October 1992)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 25 (National Assembly) (following elections in 2013)

·         Human Development Index Position: 143

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low

Disability Data:

·         Is Cambodia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (1 October 2007)

·         Has Cambodia ratified CRPD: Yes (20 December 2012)

·         Population with a disability: 2,280,830 (est.)