Abstract

CILANO PELAEZ, Johanna  and  VIERA CANIVE, Eloy. Local elections in Cuba: Abstention as the main character on Election Day on November 27, 2022. Elecciones [online]. 2023, vol.22, n.25, pp.353-368.  Epub June 30, 2023. ISSN 1994-5272.  http://dx.doi.org/10.53557/elecciones.2023.v22n25.12.

The article analyzes the Cuban municipal elections on November 27, 2022. These elections are part of a trend of authoritarianisms to organize electoral processes marked by non-democratic institutions, laws, and practices. In this sense, they are non-competitive and opaque processes, held in a closed environment where the rights of association, demonstration, and assembly are severely restricted. The article addresses the main characteristics of the electoral processes under the 2019 Constitution and its stages. In addition, it analyzes the role of the single party, candidacy commissions, and the absence of electoral campaigns.

Keywords : Elections; authoritarianism; abstention; single-party; candidacy commissions.

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