Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Mutungamiri Norodom Ranariddh's royalist FUNCINPEC Party ndiyo yakawana mavhoti akawanda ne45.5% yemavhoti, ichiteverwa neCambodian People's Party (CPP) yaHun Sen neBuddhist 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 chifo chokupinda 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.