STORY: Cambodia's ruling party wins sweeping victory in Senate election: spokesperson
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 25, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:31
LOCATION: Phnom Penh
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of former Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen casting ballots
2. various of people waiting to vote at a polling station in Kandal province
3. various of voters casting their ballots
4. various of observers watching electoral process at a polling station

STORYLINE:

The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won a sweeping victory in the fifth election for the Senate, or the upper house, on Sunday, a party's spokesperson said.
   
CPP's spokesperson Sok Eysan, citing preliminary results, said the CPP won the most majority votes in the election.
   
"The CPP won at least 50 of the 58 Senate seats up for grabs, or more than 80 percent of the total votes," he told Xinhua.
   
"This is another great success for the CPP after we won a landslide victory in the general election in July 2023," Eysan said.
  
He confirmed that former Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, the 71-year-old president of the CPP, will take over as the president of the Senate after the election.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Phnom Penh.
(XHTV)