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|contents=Article 48 of the 1947 Cambodia Constitution stated: "Any Cambodian citizen, who is fully twenty years old is an
|contents=Article 48 of the 1947 Cambodia Constitution stated: "Any Cambodian citizen, who is fully 20 years old is an
elector, provided that he is not deprived of his civil rights and that he fulfils the conditions determined by the Electoral Law. Soldiers and officers on the active list can neither be electors nor eligible. It is the same for the monks on account of the Buddhistic dogmas."
elector, provided that he is not deprived of his civil rights and that he fulfills the conditions determined by the Electoral Law. Soldiers and officers on the active list can neither be electors nor eligible. It is the same for the monks on account of the Buddhist dogmas."


Khmer citizens 18 years or older are granted the right to vote through universal suffrage under Article 34 of the 1993 Constitution (Constitute Project, “Cambodia's Constitution of [[Probable year:: 1993]]  with Amendments through [[Probable year:: 2008]]” ).
Khmer citizens 18 years or older are granted the right to vote through universal suffrage under Article 34 of the 1993 Constitution.


English translation of the Constitution of 1947. "Title No. 5: The National Assembly," Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia : 353: https://heinonline-org.proxygw.wrlc.org/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzkh0002&id=2&men_tab=srchresults
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https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Cambodia_2008?lang=en.
1947 Cambodia Constitution: Advocatetanmoy Law Library. https://advocatetanmoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cambodia-constitution-1947.pdf
 
1993 Cambodia Constitution as revised up to 1999: https://pressocm.gov.kh/en/archives/9539
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Latest revision as of 15:48, 16 May 2024

Voting Rights and Suffrage

What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?

Cambodia

Article 48 of the 1947 Cambodia Constitution stated: "Any Cambodian citizen, who is fully 20 years old is an elector, provided that he is not deprived of his civil rights and that he fulfills the conditions determined by the Electoral Law. Soldiers and officers on the active list can neither be electors nor eligible. It is the same for the monks on account of the Buddhist dogmas."

Khmer citizens 18 years or older are granted the right to vote through universal suffrage under Article 34 of the 1993 Constitution.

References:

1947 Cambodia Constitution: Advocatetanmoy Law Library. https://advocatetanmoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cambodia-constitution-1947.pdf

1993 Cambodia Constitution as revised up to 1999: https://pressocm.gov.kh/en/archives/9539



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