Cuba

Latin America & Caribbean · Capital: Havana

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Upcoming elections

Parliamentary election
2028 Cuban parliamentary election
Date to be announcedNational Assembly of People's Power
Date expected

How Cuba is governed

System of government: Unitary socialist republic
cibercuba.com News report
el Consejo Electoral Nacional, es el órgano del Estado que tiene como misión fundamental organizar, dirigir, y supervisar las elecciones
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
data.ipu.org News report
Minimum age for voting in parliamentary elections 16 ... Compulsory voting ... No
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
Head of state: President of the Republic
cibercuba.com News report
el Consejo Electoral Nacional, es el órgano del Estado que tiene como misión fundamental organizar, dirigir, y supervisar las elecciones
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
data.ipu.org News report
Minimum age for voting in parliamentary elections 16 ... Compulsory voting ... No
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
Head of government: Prime Minister
cibercuba.com News report
el Consejo Electoral Nacional, es el órgano del Estado que tiene como misión fundamental organizar, dirigir, y supervisar las elecciones
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
data.ipu.org News report
Minimum age for voting in parliamentary elections 16 ... Compulsory voting ... No
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
Voting age: 16
cibercuba.com News report
el Consejo Electoral Nacional, es el órgano del Estado que tiene como misión fundamental organizar, dirigir, y supervisar las elecciones
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
data.ipu.org News report
Minimum age for voting in parliamentary elections 16 ... Compulsory voting ... No
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
Compulsory voting: No
cibercuba.com News report
el Consejo Electoral Nacional, es el órgano del Estado que tiene como misión fundamental organizar, dirigir, y supervisar las elecciones
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
data.ipu.org News report
Minimum age for voting in parliamentary elections 16 ... Compulsory voting ... No
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
Electoral authority: National Electoral Council of Cuba
cibercuba.com News report
el Consejo Electoral Nacional, es el órgano del Estado que tiene como misión fundamental organizar, dirigir, y supervisar las elecciones
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
data.ipu.org News report
Minimum age for voting in parliamentary elections 16 ... Compulsory voting ... No
Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Legislature
cibercuba.com News report
el Consejo Electoral Nacional, es el órgano del Estado que tiene como misión fundamental organizar, dirigir, y supervisar las elecciones
Recorded 8 Oct 2026
data.ipu.org News report
Minimum age for voting in parliamentary elections 16 ... Compulsory voting ... No
Recorded 8 Oct 2026

National Assembly of People's Power 470 seats · 5-year term · Direct election by free, equal, direct and secret vote; candidates must obtain more than 50 percent of valid votes in their constituency.

The Communist Party of Cuba is constitutionally the superior leading political force of society and the state. Voters directly elect National Assembly deputies; the Assembly then elects the President from among its deputies, while the Prime Minister is selected through the Assembly-based constitutional appointment process.

cibercuba.com News report

el Consejo Electoral Nacional, es el órgano del Estado que tiene como misión fundamental organizar, dirigir, y supervisar las elecciones

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

data.ipu.org News report

Minimum age for voting in parliamentary elections 16 ... Compulsory voting ... No

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Elected offices

President of the Republic of Cuba head of state · 1 seats · 5-year term · Indirect election by absolute majority of the National Assembly of People's Power from among its deputies; limited to two consecutive terms.

Past elections

Newest first. Results are as the sources published them.

Parliamentary election
2023 Cuban parliamentary election
26 March 20234 years agoNational Assembly of People's Power
Held Final results
Wikidata Q55608637: 2023 Cuban parliamentary election Wikidata
2023 Cuban parliamentary election - point in time 2023-03-26
Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC0-1.0
Referendum
2022 Cuban referendum
25 September 20224 years ago
Held
Wikidata Q111778863: 2022 Cuban referendum Wikidata
2022 Cuban referendum - point in time 2022-09-25
Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC0-1.0
Referendum
Cuban constitutional referendum, 2018
24 February 20198 years ago
Held
Wikidata Q56064427: Cuban constitutional referendum, 2018 Wikidata
Cuban constitutional referendum, 2018 - point in time 2019-02-24
Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC0-1.0
Parliamentary election
2018 Cuban parliamentary election
11 March 20189 years agoNational Assembly of People's Power
Held Under review
Wikidata Q27986482: 2018 Cuban parliamentary election Wikidata
2018 Cuban parliamentary election - point in time 2018-03-11
Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC0-1.0

Results

The latest elections with a result table. Provisional figures can change until the count is certified.

2023 Cuban parliamentary election

26 March 2023 Final resultsTurnout 75.8%

Seats won: 1 of 2 lines, as in the table

Results of 2023 Cuban parliamentary election
Party or candidate	Votes	Share	Seats	Source
Communist Party of Cuba and affiliated (entire list) (Communist Party of Cuba) Elected	4,012,864	72.1%	470	en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia Preliminary results showed that all 470 proposals that made up the candidacy were ratified by more than half of the valid votes cast by the population. Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 data.ipu.org News report All 470 candidates were elected for the 470-seat National Assembly of the People's Power. Recorded 8 Oct 2026
Communist Party of Cuba and affiliated (selective votes) (Communist Party of Cuba)	1,552,776	27.9%	-	en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia Preliminary results showed that all 470 proposals that made up the candidacy were ratified by more than half of the valid votes cast by the population. Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 data.ipu.org News report All 470 candidates were elected for the 470-seat National Assembly of the People's Power. Recorded 8 Oct 2026

2018 Cuban parliamentary election · 11 March 2018

Under reviewTurnout 85.7%

These figures are under review: they do not add up, so they are shown as published but not as final.

Results of 2018 Cuban parliamentary election
Party or candidate	Votes	Share	Seats	Source
Communist Party of Cuba and affiliated (entire list) (Communist Party of Cuba) Elected	5,620,713	80.4%	605	en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia Communist Party of Cuba and affiliated (entire list) 5,620,713 80.44 605 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 en.granma.cu News report A total of 7,399,891 voters, representing 85.65% of those eligible, exercised their right to vote Recorded 8 Oct 2026
Communist Party of Cuba and affiliated (selective votes) (Communist Party of Cuba)	1,366,328	19.6%	-	en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia Communist Party of Cuba and affiliated (entire list) 5,620,713 80.44 605 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 en.granma.cu News report A total of 7,399,891 voters, representing 85.65% of those eligible, exercised their right to vote Recorded 8 Oct 2026

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Cuba in numbers

From the World Bank, each with the year it is from.

Sources

Every fact above links to the page it came from. Last checked 8 October 2026 (UTC).

Wikidata Q27986482: 2018 Cuban parliamentary electionWikidata wikidata.org · Licence: CC0-1.0
Wikidata Q56064427: Cuban constitutional referendum, 2018Wikidata wikidata.org · Licence: CC0-1.0
Wikidata Q111778863: 2022 Cuban referendumWikidata wikidata.org · Licence: CC0-1.0
Wikidata Q55608637: 2023 Cuban parliamentary electionWikidata wikidata.org · Licence: CC0-1.0
en.wikipedia.orgWikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
en.wikipedia.orgWikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Upcoming elections

2028 Cuban parliamentary election

How Cuba is governed

Elected offices

Past elections

2023 Cuban parliamentary election

2022 Cuban referendum

Cuban constitutional referendum, 2018

2018 Cuban parliamentary election

Results

2023 Cuban parliamentary election

Cuba in numbers

Sources

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