2023 Cuban presidential election

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{{One source|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2023 Cuban presidential election

| country = Cuba

| type = presidential

| ongoing = No

| previous_election = 2019 Cuban presidential election

| previous_year = 2019

| election_date = 19 April 2023

| next_election = 2028 Cuban presidential election

| next_year = 2028

| votes_for_election =

| image_size = 200x200px

| image1 = Miguel Díaz-Canel 2023 (cropped).jpg

| candidate1 = Miguel Díaz-Canel

| party1 = Communist Party of Cuba

| electoral_vote1 = 459

| percentage1 = 99.78%

| title = President

| before_election = Miguel Díaz-Canel

| before_party = Communist Party of Cuba

| posttitle = Elected
President

| after_election = Miguel Díaz-Canel

| after_party = Communist Party of Cuba

}}

An indirect presidential election was held in Cuba on 19 April 2023.{{cite news |title=Ratificado Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez como Presidente de la República de Cuba |url=https://www.granma.cu/elecciones-cuba-2022-2023/2023-04-19/ratificado-miguel-diaz-canel-bermudez-como-presidente-de-la-republica-de-cuba |access-date=20 April 2023 |work=Granma |date=19 April 2023 |language=es}}{{cite news |last1=Oppmann |first1=Patrick |title=Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel wins a second term |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/19/americas/cuba-relection-president-intl/index.html |access-date=20 April 2023 |work=CNN |date=19 April 2023}} The election took place following the election to the National Assembly of People's Power on 26 March 2023.

The incumbent president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, was eligible for re-election and his candidacy was supported with 459 votes out of 460 valid votes. Two deputies voted blank.{{cite news |title=Cuban lawmakers vote in new five-year term for current president |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/20/cuban-lawmakers-vote-in-new-five-year-term-for-current-president |access-date=20 April 2023 |work=Al Jazeera |date=20 April 2023}}

Likewise, Salvador Valdés Mesa was re-elected to the position of the Vice President with 439 votes.

Results

{{Election results

|image=

|party1=Communist Party of Cuba|cand1=Miguel Díaz-Canel|votes1=459

|party2=Communist Party of Cuba|cand2=Other candidate|votes2=1

|invalid=0

|blank=2

|electorate=470

|source=[https://www.granma.cu/elecciones-cuba-2022-2023/2023-04-19/ratificado-miguel-diaz-canel-bermudez-como-presidente-de-la-republica-de-cuba Granma]

}}

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