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| In theory, no political party, including the ], is permitted to nominate or campaign for any candidate, but this isn't true. Instead, candidates are hand picked by the top hierarchy of the Party. Candidates do not have to be affiliated to any party or organization to be nominated, because there is only one party and all legal organizations are controlled by the Cuban regime. | |||
| ⚫ | 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. But this again is only in theory, since Castro and his cronies are allowed to vote and they have been committing crimes for 47 years. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ==Municipal Elections, 2005== | ==Municipal Elections, 2005== | ||
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Elections in Cuba gives information on election and election results in Cuba.
Cuba elects a national legislature, the National Assembly of People's Power (Asamblea Nacional de Poder Popular), which has 601 members, every five years.
Municipal assemblies are elected every two and a half years.
Candidate Nominations
In theory, no political party, including the Communist Party of Cuba, is permitted to nominate or campaign for any candidate, but this isn't true. Instead, candidates are hand picked by the top hierarchy of the Party. Candidates do not have to be affiliated to any party or organization to be nominated, because there is only one party and all legal organizations are controlled by the Cuban regime.
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. But this again is only in theory, since Castro and his cronies are allowed to vote and they have been committing crimes for 47 years.
Municipal Elections, 2005
The turnout in the previous municipal elections was reported to be 95.76%. After a massive campaign to get more people to vote, Justice Minister Roberto Diaz Sotolongo of Cuba's National Electoral Commission reported that approximately 8.2 million Cubans of the country's population of approximately 11 million elected 169 municipal assemblies on Sunday 17th April, 2005.
In summary:
- 96.66% of registered voters cast ballots, of which
- more than 90% of ballots were in favour of the nominations list.
- More than 600,000 citizens were involved in the preparation of
- 37,280 polling stations, in which
- 13,949 deputies were elected, of which
- 52.48% were incumbent.
See also
External links
- Guide to Cuba's Political and Electoral System
- "Cuba says nearly 97 per cent voted in local elections"
- Electionworld
- Adam Carr's Election Archive