Elections in Puerto Rico

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Elections in Puerto Rico gives information on election and election results in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico elects on state level a governor and a legislature. The island's governor is elected for a four year term by the people.

The Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa in Spanish) has two chambers. The first chamber, the Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes in Spanish), has now 51 members each elected for a four year term and 40 elected in single-seat constituencies, 11 at large by proportional representation and 3 to allow the opposition to have one third of the seats. The second chamber, the Senate (Senado in Spanish), has 28 members, elected for a four year term, 16 members elected in two-seat constituencies and 11 at large by proportional representation and 1 to allow the opposition to have one-third of the seats.

Although Puerto Rico has a three-party system, the two parties that wish to maintain ties with the US government dominate; the third party, favoring independence, obtains only a small percentage of votes.

1 Latest elections
- 1.1 Municipalities (Mayors)
2 Past elections and referendums
3 See also
4 External links

Latest elections

Main article: Puerto Rican general election, 2004

e • d Summary of the 2 November 2004 Puerto Rico governor **election results**
	Votes	%
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá - Popular Democratic Party	963,303	48.40
Pedro Rosselló - New Progressive Party	959,737	48.22
Rubén Berríos Martínez - Puerto Rican Independence Party	54,551	2.74
Total (turnout 81.7 %)		100.0
Source: (Spanish) CEEPUR

e • d Summary of the 2 November 2004 Puerto Rico House of Representatives **election results**
Parties		District Votes	District %	District Seats	At Large Votes	At Large %	At Large Seats	Total
	New Progressive Party (Partido Nuevo Progresista)	936,030	48.4	26	886,151	46.3	6	32
	Popular Democratic Party (Partido Popular Democrático)	901,326	46.6	14	824,472	43.1	4	18
	Puerto Rican Independence Party (Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño)	77,289	4.0	0	186,197	9.7	1	1
	Civic Alternative Party (Partido Alternativa Ciudadana)	1,682	0.1	0	-	-	-	-
	Civil Action Party (Partido Acción Civil)	423	0.0	0	-	-	-	-
	Others	1,161	0.1	0	457	0.0	0	-
Total		1,917,911	100.0	40	1,897,277	100.0	11	51
Blank and Null Votes		17,245	0.9	-	17,245	0.9	-	-
Total votes cast		1,935,156	-	-	1,914,522	-	-	-
Source: (Spanish) Elections Puerto Rico

Municipalities (Mayors)

e • d Summary of the 4 November 2008 Puerto Rico Senate **election results**
Parties		District Votes	District %	District Seats	At Large Votes	At Large %	At Large Seats	Total
	New Progressive Party (Partido Nuevo Progresista)	1,576,542	47.4%	16	885,745	48.6%	6	22
	Popular Democratic Party (Partido Popular Democrático)	1,566,217	47.1%	0	795,770	43.7%	5	5
	Puerto Rican Independence Party (Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño)	76,555	0.2%	0	79,817	0.4%	0	0
	Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party (Partido Puerto Rico por Puertorriquenos)	79,386	0.2%	0	36,014	0.1%	0	0
	Others	22,591	0.0%	0	22,385	0.1%	0	-
Total (turnout		3,321,345	94.9	16	1,819,731	92.9	11	27
Source: (Spanish)

PPD	PNP	PIP	Total
31	47	0	78

Past elections and referendums

v • d • e Puerto Rican general elections

1900 · 1902 · 1904 · 1920 · 1924 · 1928 · 1932 · 1936 · 1940 · 1944 · 1948 · 1951 · 1952 · 1956 · 1960 · 1964 · 1968 · 1972 · 1976 · 1980 · 1984 · 1988 · 1992 · 1996 · 2000 · 2004 · 2008

Puerto Rican referendums

1951 · 1952 · 1967 · 1970 · 1991 · 1993 · 1998 · 2005