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Khmer National United Party គណបក្សរួបរួមជាតិខ្មែរ | |
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| Abbreviation | KNUP (English) ខ.រ.ជ (Khmer) |
| Leader | Nhek Bun Chhay |
| Founder | Nhek Bun Chhay |
| Founded | February 2016 |
| Registered | 14 March 2016[1] |
| Split from | FUNCINPEC |
| Headquarters | Phnom Penh,Cambodia |
| Ideology | Royalism |
| Slogan | "ឯករាជ្យភាព សន្តិភាព យុត្តិធម៌" ("Independence, Peace, Justice")[2] |
| Senate | 0 / 62 |
| National Assembly | 0 / 125 |
| Commune Chiefs | 1 / 1,646 |
| Commune Council | 24 / 11,572 |
| Provincial, municipal, town and district councillors[3] | 1 / 4,114 |
| Website | |
| https://www.knu-party.org (defunct) | |
TheKhmer National United Party (KNUP;Khmer:គណបក្សខ្មែររួបរួមជាតិ,ខ.រ.ជ,UNGEGN:Kônâbâks Khmêr Ruŏbruŏm Chéatĕ,K.R.C) is aCambodian political party founded in February 2016 byNhek Bun Chhay and former members ofFUNCINPEC.[4]
The party is open to legalizingsame-sex marriage.[5]
On September 13 and 18, 2019, senior officials of the KNUP and FUNCINPEC began discussion to merge the KNUP back into FUNCINPEC.[6] KNUP spokesman Run Meatra said that senior officials of FUNCINPEC and the KNUP agreed to a merger on December 23, but both never went through with the decision.[7]
On September 22, 2021, both parties discussed merging ahead of the upcoming commune elections.[8] KNUP president Nhek Bun Chhay announced another merger between the two party after they both negotiated several times and resolved their own internal issues.[8] However, due to a controversy regarding the leadership of a united party, the decision to merge never went ahead.[9]
| Year | Party leader | Votes | Seats | Position | Government | |||
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| # | % | ± | # | ± | ||||
| 2018 | Nhek Bun Chhay | 99,377 | 1.56% | New | 0 / 125 | New |  5th | CPP |
| 2023 | 134,285 | 1.73% |  0.17 | 0 / 125 | | 3rd | CPP | |
| Year | Party leader | Votes | Chiefs | Councillors | Position | ||||
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| # | % | ± | # | ± | # | ± | |||
| 2017 | Nhek Bun Chhay | 78,724 | 1.13 | New | 0 / 1,646 | New | 24 / 11,572 | New | 5th |
| 2022 | 63,868 | 0.88 |  0.27 | 0 / 1,652 | | 13 / 11,622 | 11 | 4th | |
| Year | Votes | Seats | Position | |||
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| # | % | ± | # | ± | ||
| 2018 | 182 | 1.56 | New | 0 / 62 | New | 3rd |
