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Banes — Municipal Assembly of People’s Power

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Cuba · Banes / Holguín · municipal · Municipal Assembly of People’s PowerCU-AM-3203

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CEN confirms that the 2026 repeal restores the five-year term of assemblies elected in 2022 and supports a 2027 cycle. The ONEI municipal roster contains 168 assemblies; 2027 ward maps and individual candidate returns remain unverified. National vote totals are stored once at country level and are not copied into municipality histories.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
Banes / Holguín
Next election
2027; specific polling call pending
Linked upcoming event
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Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2027; specific polling call pending is expected (not formally called). Year precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

No selected historical cycles are supplied.

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Withheld

Unknown0–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · CEN confirms that the 2026 repeal restores the five-year term of assemblies elected in 2022 and supports a 2027 cycle. The ONEI municipal roster contains 168 assemblies; 2027 ward maps and individual candidate returns remain unverified. National vote totals are stored once at country level and are not copied into municipality histories.

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=null, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=null

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Not calculated: comparable fixed party grouping unavailable

Comparison status: Latest interval · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=[], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Not calculated: comparable fixed party grouping unavailable

Comparison status: Previous interval · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=[], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Not calculated: comparable fixed party grouping unavailable

Comparison status: Both intervals mean · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=[], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[]

Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.

5. Officeholder evidence

Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.

No officeholder observation supplied.

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

  • registry gap · open

    Candidate-level historical returns and future ward register not recovered; national totals are not municipal results: {"issue": "Candidate-level historical returns and future ward register not recovered; national totals are not municipal results", "affected_offices": 168}

Sources

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Center for Digital Democracy. “Banes — Municipal Assembly of People’s Power.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CU-AM-3203. Sources: cuba--url-5a842946f42a2d0a334cb85d.