Ruling party on course for Cambodian local elections victory, indications show

Prime Minister Hun Sen, of the Cambodian People’s Party, inserts his voting paper into a ballot box at a polling station in Takhmua in Kandal province, south-east of Phnom Penh (Heng Sinith/AP)

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party is heading for victory in local elections, early indications showed on Sunday.

The poll saw people vote in large numbers for the first time since a 2018 general election that was widely criticised as unfair.