All Cuban citizens who are over the age of 18 years, and possess full political rights for at least five years prior to the election are eligible to partake within the election.[3] 50% of candidates must be nominated by people from the municipality and elected by direct vote in local assemblies, where people decide who they consider to have the qualities to best represent them.[4] The other 50% of candidates are proposed by candidacy commissions which comprise representatives of workers, youth, women, students, and farmers, as well as members of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution.[3] The final list of candidates, which corresponds to the number of seats to be filled, is drawn up by the National Candidacy Commission taking into account criteria such as candidates' merit, patriotism, ethical values, and revolutionary history.[3]
Voter requirements are set within article 132 of the Cuban constitution. All voters must be Cuban citizens who have reached the age of 16 years, who have not been declared mentally disabled by a court, and who have not committed a crime.[5] The electoral system is designed to give the winner of the election a majority. To be declared elected, one candidate must obtain more than 50% of the valid votes cast in the constituency in which they are running. If this is not attained, the seat in question remains vacant unless the Council of State decides to hold a second round of voting.[3]
Resultsedit
On 12 March, the Cuba National Election Commission (CNE) released preliminary results.[6] In a press conference, the CNE reported that all 605 candidates had been elected as Deputies to the National Assembly.[6] Selective votes refer to voters who voted for either their National Assembly Deputy, or their Provincial Representative, but not both.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 11 March 2018 to elect members of the National Assembly of People s Power Prior to the elections President Raul Castro declared he would not be seeking a new term and a new President of the Council of State will be elected by the National Assembly 1 His deputy Miguel Diaz Canel was subsequently elected as the new president However Castro remained the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba the most senior position in the country 2 2018 Cuban parliamentary election 2013 11 March 2018 2023 All 605 seats in the National Assembly of People s Power First party Leader Raul CastroParty PCCSelective votes by provincePresident of the Council of Ministers before electionRaul CastroPCC Elected President of the Council of Ministers Miguel Diaz CanelPCCBallot paper used in the election Contents 1 Electoral system 2 Results 2 1 By province 3 Notes 4 ReferencesElectoral system editAll Cuban citizens who are over the age of 18 years and possess full political rights for at least five years prior to the election are eligible to partake within the election 3 50 of candidates must be nominated by people from the municipality and elected by direct vote in local assemblies where people decide who they consider to have the qualities to best represent them 4 The other 50 of candidates are proposed by candidacy commissions which comprise representatives of workers youth women students and farmers as well as members of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution 3 The final list of candidates which corresponds to the number of seats to be filled is drawn up by the National Candidacy Commission taking into account criteria such as candidates merit patriotism ethical values and revolutionary history 3 Voter requirements are set within article 132 of the Cuban constitution All voters must be Cuban citizens who have reached the age of 16 years who have not been declared mentally disabled by a court and who have not committed a crime 5 The electoral system is designed to give the winner of the election a majority To be declared elected one candidate must obtain more than 50 of the valid votes cast in the constituency in which they are running If this is not attained the seat in question remains vacant unless the Council of State decides to hold a second round of voting 3 Results editOn 12 March the Cuba National Election Commission CNE released preliminary results 6 In a press conference the CNE reported that all 605 candidates had been elected as Deputies to the National Assembly 6 Selective votes refer to voters who voted for either their National Assembly Deputy or their Provincial Representative but not both nbsp PartyVotes SeatsCommunist Party of Cuba and affiliated entire list 5 620 71380 44605Communist Party of Cuba and affiliated selective votes 1 366 32819 56Total6 987 041100 00605Valid votes6 987 04194 42Invalid votes92 8941 26Blank votes319 9564 32Total votes7 399 891100 00Registered voters turnout8 639 98985 65Source GranmaBy province edit Province Registeredvoters Votes cast Valid votes Blank Invalid Full list Selective votesVotes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Pinar del Rio 452 557 406 119 89 74 379 920 93 55 23 006 5 66 3 193 0 79 305 462 80 40 74 458 19 60Artemisa 393 143 350 063 89 04 324 559 92 71 18 907 5 40 6 597 1 88 255 543 78 74 69 016 21 26La Habana 1 685 651 1 339 335 79 46 1 249 381 93 28 59 786 4 46 30 168 2 25 927 031 74 20 322 350 25 80Mayabeque 296 126 268 505 90 67 250 362 93 24 12 775 4 76 5 368 2 00 204 511 81 69 45 851 18 31Matanzas 561 179 475 331 84 70 451 222 94 93 17 920 3 77 6 189 1 30 346 461 76 78 104 761 23 22Villa Clara 611 358 534 310 87 40 501 251 93 81 25 839 4 84 7 220 1 35 411 103 82 02 90 148 17 98Cienfuegos 311 355 267 999 86 08 248 235 92 63 15 199 5 67 4 565 1 70 190 965 76 93 57 270 23 07Sancti Spiritus 366 885 327 047 89 14 310 411 94 91 13 418 4 10 3 218 0 98 257 337 82 90 53 074 17 10Ciego de Avila 337 785 287 988 85 26 272 968 94 78 12 130 4 21 2 890 1 00 218 873 80 18 54 095 19 82Camaguey 591 944 504 258 85 19 481 600 95 51 17 989 3 57 4 669 0 93 375 618 77 99 105 982 22 01Las Tunas 404 948 353 654 87 33 337 536 95 44 13 430 3 80 2 688 0 76 283 174 83 89 54 362 16 11Holguin 785 047 668 636 85 17 625 983 93 62 36 099 5 40 6 554 0 98 529 379 84 57 96 604 15 43Granma 629 155 555 399 88 28 529 381 95 32 21 680 3 90 4 338 0 78 461 487 87 17 67 894 12 83Santiago de Cuba 781 000 683 462 87 51 660 473 96 64 19 966 2 92 3 023 0 44 554 642 83 98 105 831 16 02Guantanamo 368 864 321 155 87 07 309 834 96 47 9 559 2 98 1 762 0 55 256 748 82 87 53 086 17 13Isla de la Juventud 62 992 56 630 89 90 53 925 95 22 2 253 3 98 452 0 80 42 379 78 59 11 546 21 41Total 8 639 989 7 399 891 85 65 6 987 041 94 42 319 956 4 32 92 894 1 26 5 620 713 80 44 1 366 328 19 56Source GranmaNotes editReferences edit Castro to stand down in 2018 Retrieved 2016 09 06 Raul Castro to lead Cuba s Communist Party until 2021 FRANCE 24 19 April 2018 I confirm to this assembly that Raul Castro as first secretary of the Communist Party will lead the decisions about the future of the country Diaz Canel said a b c d Union Inter Parliamentary IPU PARLINE database CUBA Asamblea nacional del Poder popular Electoral system archive ipu org Retrieved 2018 04 13 August Arnold 2013 Cuba and its neighbours Democracy in motion Canada Fernwood Publishing Cuban Constitution PDF a b Redaccion Digital 2018 03 12 National Electoral Commission releases preliminary data Cuba Granma Official voice of the PCC En granma cu Retrieved 2018 04 20 nbsp This Cuba related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 Cuban parliamentary election amp oldid 1151569871, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
