Cuban parliamentary election, 2013

Cuban parliamentary election, 2013
Cuba
3 February 2013

All 612 seats in the National Assembly of People's Power
  First party
 
Leader Raúl Castro
Party Communist Party of Cuba
Leader since 2011
Last election 614
Seats won
612 / 612
Seat change Decrease 2

President of Cuba before election

Raúl Castro
Communist Party of Cuba

Elected President of Cuba

Raúl Castro
Communist Party of Cuba[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 list 6,031,215 81.29
Selective vote 1,387,307 18.70
Valid votes 7,418,522 100.00 612
Blank votes 364,576 4.63
Invalid votes 94,808 1.20
Total votes 7,877,906 100.00 612
Registered voters/turnout 8,668,457 90.88
Source: Juventud Rebelde

References

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