Cambodian opposition claims upset victory in election, official results still pending

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By Associated Press, Updated: Sunday, July 28, 10:21 PM

 

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia’s opposition party has claimed an upset victory in an election the longstanding incumbent had been expected to easily win.
Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, said in a brief emailed announcement that his party had won Sunday’s general election, although no results had yet been released by the authorities.

(Heng Sinith/ Associated Press ) - Sam Rainsy, leader of Cambodia National Rescue Party, touches a baby’s face while visiting a polling station at Chak Angre Leu pagoda, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Cambodians began voting across the country Sunday to take part in what has become a familiar ritual - the re-election of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been on the job for 28 years and says he hopes to rule for at least another decade.

(Heng Sinith/ Associated Press ) - Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, casts his ballot at a polling station in Takhmau town, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Cambodians began voting across the country Sunday to take part in what has become a familiar ritual - the re-election of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been on the job for 28 years and says he hopes to rule for at least another decade.