Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Prince Norodom Ranariddh's royalist FUNCINPEC Party ndiyo yakawana mavhoti akawanda ne45.5% yemavhoti, ichiteverwa neHun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) uye Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party (yaSon Sann), zvichiteerana. Pasinei zvapo nokukunda, FUNCINPEC yaifanira kupinda munhaurirano dzokubatana neCambodian People's Party, inotungamirirwa naHun Sen, uyo akaramba kurega simba. Pashure pokuva musimba kubvira
Pashure pokupinda kweVietnam muna 1979, Sen neCPP vakanga varamba vachitonga hurumende kusanganisira Royal Cambodian Armed Forces pasinei nokurasikirwa nesarudzo. Sen nomutevedzeri wake Norodom Chakrapong vakatyisidzirawo sangano rokuparadzanisa uye vakataura kuti kwaizova nokudzokera kuhondo yevagari vemo kana vakakundikana kuchengeta simba.