Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Prince Norodom Ranariddh's royalist FUNCINPEC Party bụ onye kachasị nweta votu na 45.5% votu, nke Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) na Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party (nke Son Sann), n'otu n'otu. N'agbanyeghi mmeri ahụ, FUNCINPEC ga-abanye na mkparịta ụka na ndị otu Cambodian People's Party, nke Hun Sen duziri, onye jụrụ ịhapụ ike. Mgbe ọ nọ n'ọchịchị kemgbe
N'agha ndị Vietnam na 1979, Sen na CPP jisiri ike na-achịkwa ndị ọrụ gọọmentị gụnyere Royal Cambodian Armed Forces n'agbanyeghị na ha meriri ntuli aka. Sen na osote ya Norodom Chakrapong na-eyi egwu nkewa nkewa ma kwuo na a ga-alaghachi na esemokwu obodo ma ọ bụrụ na ha enweghị ike ijigide ike.