Registrations of political parties and candidates for the election of the 5th legislative Senate closed on December 11. A National Election Committee (NEC) official announced that applications have been received from four parties.
Nine new members of the National Election Committee (NEC) were elected to join the National Assembly (NA) The four CPP members are Prach Chan, Mean Satik, Dim Sovannarom, and Som Sorida, while Cheu Chamnan, Heng Sileng, Yich Samith, and Hel Sarath joined from Funcinpec. Hang Puthea was the sole NGO representative, which was agreed by both parties. As criticism that the election committee is neither neutral nor trustworthy was made by political observers. Prach Chan was retained as the chairman of NEC from the ruling CPP while Cheu Chaman, vice president of Funcinpec Party.
