Cuba wins the 2023 elections
The socialist nation continues to attain legitimacy for its sovereign road
Cuba triumphs in the 2023 elections #CubaGanó
On March 26, 2023, 6,164,876 Cubans citizens went to the 23,468 voting places to cast their vote for or against 470 candidates for deputies to the National Assembly of People’s Power, which is the highest political authority in the nation, possessing the constitutional authority to elect and recall the President of the Republic and the cabinet ministers recommended to it by the President. Some 75.92% of the registered voters cast their ballots. Of the ballots cast, 90.28% were declared valid, with 6.22% left blank and 3.50% declared invalid for having written something on the ballot. These results are a victory over the international campaign calling upon Cubans to boycott the elections.
The results were announced on March 27 by Alina Balseiro Gutiérrez, President of the Electoral National Council. She pointed out that the participation rate was higher than the November 27 elections for the delegates of the 169 municipal asse…