Cambodia will hold commune/sangkat council elections on June 4, when 94,595 candidates from 12 political parties will compete for the 11,572 seats in rural and urban precincts. The ruling Cambodian People's Party and its main rival, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, are running candidates for every seat in the 1,646 communes that make up the country of nearly 16 million people. The royalist FUNCINPEC party is running the third-largest slate of candidates, competing in 846 communes. Campaigning starts on May 20 and runs for 14 days.