Editing Norodom Ranariddh (section)

===Return to FUNCINPEC===

In January 2015, Ranariddh dissolved the CRPP and returned to FUNCINPEC.<ref name="FUNCINPECJan2015"/> At a party congress on 19 January 2015, he was reappointed FUNCINPEC president; his half-sister and previous FUNCINPEC president, [[Norodom Arunrasmy]], became the first vice-president, while Nhek Bun Chhay was appointed second vice-president.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Mech Dara |author2=Alex Willemyns |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ranariddh-named-funcinpec-president-again-76397/ |title=Ranariddh Named Funcinpec President—Again |work=[[The Cambodia Daily]] |date=20 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804172500/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ranariddh-named-funcinpec-president-again-76397/ |archive-date=4 August 2015 |access-date=18 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2015, Ranariddh held another party congress where he appointed four more vice-presidents to the FUNCINPEC executive committee.<ref>{{cite web |author=Meas Sokchea |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/funcinpec-goes-gold |title=Funcinpec goes for the gold |date=13 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818084203/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/funcinpec-goes-gold |archive-date=18 August 2015 |access-date=4 June 2015 |work=Phnom Penh Post |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also convinced the congress to adopt a new party logo, which had a design almost identical that of the now-defunct CRPP.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kang Sothear |url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prince-ranariddh-wins-funcinpec-power-struggle-79690/ |title=Prince Ranariddh Wins Funcinpec Power Struggle |work=[[The Cambodia Daily]] |date=13 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813133852/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prince-ranariddh-wins-funcinpec-power-struggle-79690/ |archive-date=13 August 2015 |access-date=4 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ranariddh supported the formation of the Cambodian Royalist Youth Movement in July 2015, a youth organisation aimed at garnering electoral support for FUNCINPEC from [[Youth politics|younger voters]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Hul Reaksmey |url=http://www.voacambodia.com/content/royalist-party-forms-youth-movement/2880168.html |title=Royalist Party Forms 'Youth Movement' |date=27 July 2015 |access-date=1 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215172324/http://www.voacambodia.com/content/royalist-party-forms-youth-movement/2880168.html |archive-date=15 December 2015 |work=VOA Cambodia |url-status=dead }}</ref> of which he was appointed its honorary president.<ref>{{cite web |author=Chea Vannak |url=http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13676/funcipec-party-backed-cambodian-royalist-youth-movement-launched/ |title=Funcipec Party-Backed Cambodian Royalist Youth Movement Launched |date=25 July 2015 |access-date=1 February 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527171735/https://www.webcitation.org/6eyKzCN9X?url=http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13676/funcipec-party-backed-cambodian-royalist-youth-movement-launched/ |archive-date=27 May 2024 |work=Khmer Times |url-status=dead }}</ref> In November 2017, he returned to the National Assembly as a member of parliament, following the dissolution of the [[Cambodia National Rescue Party]], after which the FUNCINPEC received 41 of the 55 vacated seats.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/list-new-national-assembly-members-approved |title=List of new National Assembly members approved |work=[[The Phnom Penh Post]] |date=24 November 2017 |access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref> The party performed poorly in the [[2018 Cambodian general election|2018 general election]], failing to win a single seat in the National Assembly.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/hun-sen-cpp-wins-parliamentary-seats-cambodia-election-180815135109639.html |title=Hun Sen's CPP wins all parliamentary seats in Cambodia election |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date=15 August 2018 |access-date=21 August 2018}}</ref> Though they were runners-up behind the [[Cambodian People's Party]], their tally of popular vote was fewer than the 594,659 invalid ballots cast by disenfranchised supporters of the former opposition.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-cambodia-election-spoilt/spoilt-cambodian-ballot-papers-seen-as-protest-over-sham-election-idUKKBN1KK176 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730133905/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-cambodia-election-spoilt/spoilt-cambodian-ballot-papers-seen-as-protest-over-sham-election-idUKKBN1KK176 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2018 |title=Spoilt Cambodian ballot papers seen as protest over 'sham' election |work=[[Reuters]] |date=30 July 2018 |access-date=21 August 2018}}</ref>