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Cuba elects on national level a ]. The ''']''' (''Asamblea Nacional de Poder Popular'') has 601 members, elected for a five year term out of the list of the Communist Party of Cuba by municipal delegates. Cuba is a ]. This means that only the ] is allowed to hold effective power. At the last elections, 19 january 2003, no other ] were allowed. Cuba elects on national level a ]. The ''']''' (''Asamblea Nacional de Poder Popular'') has 601 members, elected for a five year term.

No political party, including the ], is permitted to nominate or campaign for any candidate. Instead, candidates are nominated by grass roots assemblies and by electoral commissions comprising representatives of mass organisations such as trade unions, womens' federations, youth organisations and so on.

In addition to receiving nominations from different organisations and institutions, the candidacy commissions carry out an exhaustive process of consultation before drawing up a final slate. In the February ] elections they consulted more than 1.5 million people and established a pool of between 60 and 70 thousand potential candidates before narrowing it down to 589.

Suffrage is afforded to Cuban citizens resident for two years on the island who are aged over sixteen years and who have not been found guilty of a criminal offence.


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Elections in Cuba gives information on election and election results in Cuba. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.

See election for a more comprehensive discussion and the List of democracy and elections-related topics for an overview on related topics.

Cuba elects on national level a legislature. The National Assembly of People's Power (Asamblea Nacional de Poder Popular) has 601 members, elected for a five year term.

No political party, including the Communist Party of Cuba, is permitted to nominate or campaign for any candidate. Instead, candidates are nominated by grass roots assemblies and by electoral commissions comprising representatives of mass organisations such as trade unions, womens' federations, youth organisations and so on.

In addition to receiving nominations from different organisations and institutions, the candidacy commissions carry out an exhaustive process of consultation before drawing up a final slate. In the February 1993 elections they consulted more than 1.5 million people and established a pool of between 60 and 70 thousand potential candidates before narrowing it down to 589.

Suffrage is afforded to Cuban citizens resident for two years on the island who are aged over sixteen years and who have not been found guilty of a criminal offence.

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