ANFREL final report: 2017 Cambodia commune and sangkat council elections

The report was the result of ANFREL's missions to observe Cambodia's 2017 commune council elections from 12 May to 5 June 2017. ANFREL deployed 36 observers throughout Cambodia to monitor the campaign and voting processes. The mission covered 13 provinces during the campaign period and 151 polling stations in 18 provinces on the election day, 4 June 2017. In overall, while the commune and sangkat elections went smoothly with a high voter turnout of 90.37% and the results were generally accepted by most stakeholders, the post-election situation was reportedly worrisome due to unclear rules of the dispute resolutions and the government's investigation probes into Situation Room, an ad hoc consortium of 40 civil society organizations which monitored the elections.