Nearly six million Cubans exercised their right to vote until five o'clock

Editado por Catherin López
2023-03-26 21:41:59

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President of the National Electoral Council, Alina Balseiro

Havana, Mar 26 (RHC) The president of the National Electoral Council, Alina Balseiro, informed today that five million 711 thousand 397 Cubans exercised their right to vote until five o'clock in the afternoon.

 

In a televised appearance, she detailed that this figure represents 70.34 percent of the electoral roll, made up of eight million 120 thousand 72 voters.

 

She added that the turnout at the polls in this Sunday's national elections is higher than in previous elections and with the same closing time, compared to the Family Code Referendum, it is 1.71 percent higher and 6.49 percent more than in the municipal elections.

 

She recalled that polling stations throughout the country closed at 19:00, local time, 60 minutes later than expected, taking into account the high mobility of voters and the possibilities offered by this democratic exercise of being able to vote outside the place of residence.

 

In addition to the sustained increase in attendance at the polls and the requests from the territories themselves.

 

Balseiro explained that after the counting process, which is public, the counting, validation, and verification of the votes began.

 

According to her, this process is expected to be carried out during the night and as soon as the preliminary data is available, it will be made known to the population.

 

She reiterated that this electoral day took place without incidents, with joy and discipline. (Source: PL)



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