2008 Cuban parliamentary election

none 2008 Cuban parliamentary election Cuba parliamentary no 2003 Cuban parliamentary election 2003 2013 Cuban parliamentary election 2013 All 614 seats in the National Assembly of People's Power 308 20 January 2008 8,495,577 96.89% ( 0.75pp) Fidel Castro 2009.jpg Fidel Castro Communist Party of Cuba 614 7,125,752 90.90% 5 0.45 pp President of the Council of Ministers Fidel Castro Communist Party of Cuba Raúl Castro Communist Party of Cuba Parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 20 January 2008 to elect members of the National Assembly of People's Power."Cuba to hold provincial, national elections in January", Xinhua (People's Daily Online), 21 November 2007. According to the Cuban electoral system, one candidate was nominated for each of the 614 seats in the Assembly, and candidates were elected if they received at least 50% of the vote.CUBA, Asamblea nacional del Poder popular (National Assembly of the People's Power), Electoral system IPU PARLINE databaseElections and Events 1991-2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20120722023013/http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/resources/featured-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/cuba/elections-and-events-19912001.html 2012-07-22 UCSD Libraries The date of the election was announced on 20 November 2007. It was considered uncertain whether the ailing Fidel Castro would run for the Assembly, which he had to do in order to continue as President; it emerged in early December that he had been nominated for a seat. Since his illness began in 2006, Raúl Castro had been acting president."Castro nominated for Cuban seat", BBC News, 2 December 2007. Results María Esther Reus, the president of the National Electoral Commission and Minister of Justice, announced the results of the election on 24 January 2008. Turnout in the election was placed at 96.89%, with 8,231,365 voters participating; 95.24% of the votes cast (7,839,358) were valid. 91% of voters (7,125,752) cast a united ballot for all candidates, while 9% (713,606) chose to vote only for certain candidates. Of the invalid votes, 3.73% (306,791) were blank and 1.04% (85,216) were spoiled. The newly elected Assembly met for the first time on 24 February.Maria Julia Mayoral, "Official results of January 20 elections" https://web.archive.org/web/20080226195008/http://www.granma.cu/INGLES/2008/enero/juev31/05elecc.html 2008-02-26 , Granma.cu, 31 January 2008. Raúl Castro was re-elected from the 2nd Eastern Front with 99.37% of the vote and Fidel Castro was re-elected from the 7th District of Santiago de Cuba with 98.26% of the vote."Raúl Castro elected president of the councils of State and Ministers" https://web.archive.org/web/20080226194331/http://www.granma.cu/INGLES/2008/febrero/dom24/Raul-Castro-elected-president.html 2008-02-26 , Granma.cu, 24 February 2008. Vice-President Carlos Lage and President of the Assembly Ricardo Alarcón won their seats with 92.40% and 93.92% of the vote, respectively."Cubans reelect Fidel Castro as deputy", Xinhua (People's Daily Online), 31 January 2008. File:Cuba National Assembly of People's Power 2008.svg Communist Party of Cuba and affiliated (entire list) 7125752 614 2 Communist Party of Cuba and affiliated (selective votes) 713606 392007 8495577 Granma, IDEA Aftermath On 24 February 2008, the National Assembly began sitting for its new term, and Raúl Castro was elected President Alarcón was elected as president of the National Assembly, while Jaime Crombet Hernández Vaquero was elected as its vice-president and Miriam Brito was elected as its secretary."Alarcón reelected as president of Cuban parliament" https://web.archive.org/web/20080226194412/http://www.granma.cu/INGLES/2008/febrero/dom24/alarcon.html 2008-02-26 , Granma.cu, 24 February 2008. See also Liaena Hernandez Martínez References 30em Cuba Category:2008 in Cuba Category:Parliamentary elections in Cuba Category:Single-candidate elections Category:January 2008 in North America Category:January 2008 elections