1981 Cuban parliamentary election

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1981 Cuban parliamentary election
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  1976 28 December 1981 1986  

All 499 seats in the National Assembly of People's Power
Indirectly elected by municipal assemblies
 First party
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Leader Fidel Castro
Party PCC
Seats won499
Seat changeIncrease2.svg10

President of the Council of Ministers before election

Fidel Castro
PCC

Elected President of the Council of Ministers

Fidel Castro
PCC

Indirect parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 28 December 1981. [1]

On 11 and 18 October voters elected members of the 169 Municipal Assemblies. A total of 6,097,139 votes were cast in the first round (11 October) and in the second round (18 October), giving a turnout of 97% in the first round and 93.6% in the second. [1] The elected members of the Municipal Assemblies then elected the 499 members of the National Assembly. Candidates were selected by a commission composed of the Communist Party, the Young Communist League or mass organisations.

References

  1. 1 2 Cuba Inter-Parliamentary Union