Cuban parliamentary election, 1981

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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
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