On the morning of Tuesday, 8th September 2026, at 9:00 A.M. at the meeting Hall of the National Election Committee (NEC), a meeting was held under the presidency of His Excellency Prach Chan, the NEC Chairman, to review and approve the minute of the NEC’s meeting and the content of election materials to be used for the Election of Commune/Sangkat Councils, in the 6th Mandate, the ballot paper sample and to approve the report on the updated situation of citizens, voters and locations of polling station affected by the Thai military invasion on Cambodia sovereignty and territorial integrity and the table of the population statistics and the estimated number of polling stations for the conduct of the Voter Lists Revision and Voter Registration 2026.
After having listened to the reports of the Technical Units of the NEC Secretariat General regarding the documents included in the agenda, the NEC meeting precisely reviewed and discussed each document, and raised the comments on revising some contents and wording and then the NEC meeting approved as follows:
Agenda 1: The NEC meeting reviewed, revised and approved on the minute of the NEC meeting on 21st July 2026.
Agenda 2: The NEC meeting reviewed and discussed the election materials to be used for the Elections of Commune/Sangkat Councils in the 6th Mandate, 2027. The NEC meeting discussed, revised, and approved as follows:
- 19 form types
- 22 types of large, medium, and small of envelopes for using in polling stations
- 11 bag types of election material
- Notice on prohibition of using mobile phones and leaflets being able to vote/being not to vote
- Identification label for Commune/Sangkat Election Commission (CEC) and identification label for the polling stations
- 3 types of sample stamps, including stamps for the CEC, stamps for polling station commission (PSC), and secret stamps.
Agenda 3: The NEC meeting reviewed and discussed the sample of ballot papers for using in election officials training, voters education and the official forms of ballot papers, which shall be organized in the form and size of the actual paper, depending on the number of political parties running for the Election of Commune/Sangkat Councils in the 6th Mandate, 2027, which has four different sample sizes of ballot papers. After detailed discussion, the NEC meeting approved to use two rows in the case of more than eleven political parties participating in the election by adjusting the size of the column to fit the size of each on the ballot papers.
Agenda 4: The NEC meeting reviewed the minutes on the update of the situation of citizens, voters, and location of polling stations affected by Thai military the invasion of Cambodian sovereignty and territorial integrity, including Banteay Meanchey, Preah Vihear, Pursat, and Otdar Meanchey provinces, which have:
- A total of 21,211 (twenty-one thousand two hundred and eleven) citizens, 13,279 (thirteen thousand two hundred and seventy-nine) of whom are 18 and over
- A total of 10,899 (ten thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine) voters
- A total of 28 polling stations
- A total of 23 villages located in 11 communes/Sangkat and 7 municipalities/districts.
After having listened and reviewed the reports of the NEC Secretariat General, the NEC meeting approved to maintain the measures previously issued by the NEC, including:
- Maintain a total 28 affected polling stations status in the same geographical area to preserve as the evidence of the impact.
- During the election period, the Provincial Election Commission (PEC) shall consult and cooperate with authorities to temporarily relocate the affected polling stations to the safe location within the same commune/Sangkat boundaries, allowing voters to vote safely.
- The Provincial Election Secretariat (PES), the Commune/Sangkat Councils (CCs) and the Voter Registration Team (VRT) shall cooperate to locate mobile voter registration offices in the villages and Communes/Sangkat closest to the refugee centers or villages that have been occupied so that citizens can check their names and register to vote or correct their biographical data or update their biometric data.
- The PES, the CC, the VRT, PEC and CEC shall cooperate to facilitate the issuance of documents to meet the requirements for voter registration and voting to citizens, especially citizens who do not have any documents in the occupied areas and in the refugee camps.
- The relevant provincial, municipal, district, PES or PEC authorities shall facilitate and encourage citizens and voters who are temporarily residing in the province and district to check the voter lists and register to vote in the Communes/Sangkat where they lived before being displayed or/and to vote at the affected polling stations and have been temporarily relocated to a safe location.
Agenda 5: The NEC meeting reviewed and discussed the population statistics table and the estimated the number of polling stations for voter lists revision and voter registration 2026, and approved to add column to display the estimated the number of voters who update the biometric data. The population statistics table and the estimated the number of polling stations for voter lists revision and voter registration 2026 will be published soon.
The NEC meeting was concluded by His Excellency Prach Chan, NEC Chairman, at 10:56 A.M. on the same date.
