Voters said Tuesday they were looking for security and good governance from their local commune councils.
Election officials said they were happy with Sundays turnout, while many voters said they hoped to see change in local leadership.
Even going into Sunday's election, there was little doubt which party would come out on top.
The self-exiled leader of the opposition party is in Europe, speaking with officials and overseas Cambodians.
As Cambodians prepare for local elections Sunday, voters say petty corruption in their villages is very much on their mind.
The FAO predicts world rice production will exceed 730 million metric tons for 2012 - up almost two percent from 2011.
Ten parties will field candidates for nearly 11,600 seats across more than 1,600 communes in Sunday’s election.
More than 40 pieces of artworks from 34 artists were shown at the French Institute and the German cultural centre in Phnom Penh.
The NEC often faces criticism of bias toward the CPP, but officials there say it is an impartial election body.
Protesters, many of whom were the children of the arrested women, sang songs or shaved their heads in a sign of desperation.
Even as local elections approach, election monitors say the process of decentralization has been too slow.
Leang Sok Choeun was sentenced alongside two other men for reportedly distributing anti-government leaflets in 2009.
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