First Vice President Raul Castro Ruz voted in Cuba’s parliamentary elections Sunday morning after observing the swearing in of the poll workers and the verification of his name on the voter registration list at his polling place in the Havana municipality of Plaza de la Revolucion.

Raul congratulated the poll workers around the country, present at the voting stations since the early morning hours on Sunday. A total of 8.4 million Cubans are eligible to vote for members of their provincial legislatures and the national parliament for a five-year term.