legislative elections in Cuba, the result has already been said, a Parliament without dissidents that is hoped to approve President Miguel Díaz-Canel in office. “Cuba won. There are numbers that say more than words: andl 75.92% participation Referring to the political obstacles surrounding this process, the first official from the ruling Communist Party said, “72.10 percent of the combined votes in the midst of all these difficulties.” violent campaign and call for abstention“.
Diaz-Canel’s satisfaction does not seem to be shared by those who know what happened on the island. While the impartiality of citizens didn’t go overboard in the last municipal election, where 68% of the enrollment voted, the figures for the last period are still far from absolute and festive unanimous times.
In 1976, with Fidel Castro at the center of power, 97.7% of citizens said yes to the Constitution. Even during the call “special period” In the 90’s, which led the island to its greatest moment of economic downturn after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the average electoral turnout was maintained. Not that far back in time, in the last legislative election, five years ago, more than 90 percent of Cubans in a voting position. Many of them went to the polls.
According to these figures announced Alina BalserThe head of the National Electoral Council (CEN), the turnout of 75.92% of records, points to a new political reality in Cuba once again. Of this total, 6.22 voted blank and 3.5 canceled the game. 72.10 percent of the votes responded to the Government’s call for a single list consisting of 470 deputies, who will take office in the second week of April.
Although the examination of ballots at the ballot boxes is open to the public, international or independent observers of the State are not permitted. “Voting in Cuba is usually thermometer of state legitimacy for the citizen. “The lack of representative public opinion polls about the island makes it impossible to definitively explain the reasons for voter behavior,” he said. Young Cuban.
Elections in Cuba lack traditional electoral campaigns. The process leading up to the elections was the state media’s “united vote” A full list of MPs and heedless calls to go to the polls that are only associated with US destabilization attempts.
Analysts note a slight increase in their number, unlike what happened many years ago. Young people under 35 and a strong female presence among black and mixed-race people, as well as new MPs.