1976 Puerto Rican general election
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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 2, 1976.[1] Carlos Romero Barceló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was elected Governor, whilst the PNP also won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was 86.1%.[2]
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Gubernatorial election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 86.09% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
editGovernor
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Carlos Romero Barceló | New Progressive Party | 703,968 | 48.28 | |
Rafael Hernández Colón | Popular Democratic Party | 660,401 | 45.29 | |
Rubén Berríos | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 83,037 | 5.69 | |
Juan Mari Brás | Puerto Rican Socialist Party | 10,728 | 0.74 | |
Total | 1,458,134 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,458,134 | 99.56 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 6,466 | 0.44 | ||
Total votes | 1,464,600 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,701,217 | 86.09 | ||
Source: Nohlen |
Resident Commissioner
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Baltasar Corrada del Río | New Progressive Party | 705,162 | 48.93 | |
Jaime Benítez Rexach | Popular Democratic Party | 663,160 | 46.01 | |
Baltasar Quiñones Elias | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 72,988 | 5.06 | |
Total | 1,441,310 | 100.00 | ||
Source: House of Representatives |
House of Representatives
editParty | Seats | +/– | |
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New Progressive Party | 33 | +18 | |
Popular Democratic Party | 18 | –19 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 0 | –2 | |
Puerto Rican Socialist Party | 0 | New | |
Total | 51 | –3 | |
Source: Nohlen |
Senate
editParty | Seats | +/– | |
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New Progressive Party | 14 | +6 | |
Popular Democratic Party | 13 | –7 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 0 | –1 | |
Total | 27 | –2 | |
Source: Nohlen |
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p553