Election Name: | 2023 Cuban presidential election |
Country: | Cuba |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | No |
Previous Election: | 2019 Cuban presidential election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Election Date: | 19 April 2023 |
Next Election: | 2028 Cuban presidential election |
Next Year: | 2028 |
Image1: | Miguel Díaz-Canel 2023 (cropped).jpg |
Candidate1: | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
Party1: | Communist Party of Cuba |
Electoral Vote1: | 459 |
Percentage1: | 99.78% |
President | |
Before Election: | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
Before Party: | Communist Party of Cuba |
Posttitle: | Elected President |
After Election: | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
After Party: | Communist Party of Cuba |
An indirect presidential election was held in Cuba on 19 April 2023.[1] [2] The election took place following the election to the National Assembly of People's Power on 26 March 2023.
The incumbent president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, was eligible for re-election and his candidacy was supported with 459 votes out of 460 valid votes. Two deputies voted blank.[3]
Likewise, Salvador Valdés Mesa was re-elected to the position of the Vice President with 439 votes.