Cuban parliamentary election, 2013

Cuban parliamentary election, 2013
3 February 2013
All 612 seats in the National Assembly of People's Power
Turnout 90.88%

  First party
 
Leader Raúl Castro
Party Communist
Leader since 19 April 2011
Last election 614
Seats won 612
Seat change Decrease 2
President of Cuba before election

Raúl Castro
Communist Party

 Elected President of Cuba

Raúl Castro
Communist Party[1]

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Parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 3 February 2013.[2]

Electoral system

The 612 members of the National Assembly of People's Power were elected in single-member constituencies.[3] Candidates had to obtain at least 50% of the valid votes in a constituency to be elected.[3] If no candidate passed the 50% threshold, the seat was left vacant unless the Council of State chose to hold a by-election.[3]

Only one candidate stood in each constituency, having been approved by the National Candidature Commission.[3] The electoral law in force at the time stated that half of the candidates had to be municipal councillors, whilst the remaining half were put forward by assemblies composed of members of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution and groups representing farmers, students, women, workers and young people.[3]

Results

Option Votes % Seats
Full list6,031,21581.30612
Selective vote1,387,30718.70
Blank votes459,384––
Total7,877,906100612
Registered voters/turnout8,668,45790.88—
Source: Juventud Rebelde

References

  1. ↑ "IPU PARLINE database: CUBA (Asamblea nacional del Poder popular), Last elections". ipu.org. Inter-Parliamentary Union. 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Election Profile IFES
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Asamblea nacional del Poder popular (National Assembly of the People's Power) IPU
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