Election Name: | 2013 Cuban parliamentary election |
Country: | Cuba |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2008 Cuban parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 2008 |
Next Election: | 2018 Cuban parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Seats For Election: | All 612 seats in the National Assembly of People's Power |
Election Date: | 3 February 2013 |
Image1: | Raul-castro-2015 (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Raúl Castro |
Party1: | Communist Party of Cuba |
Seats1: | 612 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
President of the Council of Ministers | |
Before Election: | Raúl Castro |
Before Party: | Communist Party of Cuba |
After Election: | Raúl Castro |
After Party: | Communist Party of Cuba |
Parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 3 February 2013.[1]
The 612 members of the National Assembly of People's Power were elected in single-member constituencies.[2] Candidates had to obtain at least 50% of the valid votes in a constituency to be elected.[2] If no candidate passed the 50% threshold, the seat was left vacant unless the Council of State chose to hold a by-election.[2]
Only one candidate stood in each constituency, having been approved by the National Candidature Commission.[2] 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.[2]