1948 Puerto Rican general election
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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 2, 1948,[1] which included the first-ever elections for the position of governor, who had previously been appointed by the President of the United States. Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party won the gubernatorial elections with 61% of the vote, becoming the first ever popularly elected governor of Puerto Rico.[2]
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Gubernatorial election | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Resident Commissioner election | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
editGovernor
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Luis Muñoz Marín | Popular Democratic Party | 392,386 | 61.24 | |
Martín Travieso | PEP–PS–PRP | 182,977 | 28.56 | |
Francisco Susoni | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 65,351 | 10.20 | |
Total | 640,714 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 873,085 | – | ||
Source: Nohlen |
Resident Commissioner
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Antonio Fernós-Isern | Popular Democratic Party | 392,033 | 61.38 | |
Luis A. Ferré | PEP–PS–PRP | 180,513 | 28.26 | |
Rafael Arjona-Siaca | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 66,141 | 10.36 | |
Total | 638,687 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 873,085 | – | ||
Source: Nolla |
Senate
editAt-large senators
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
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Samuel R. Quiñones | Popular Democratic Party | 132,381 | 20.75 | Elected | |
Victor Gutiérrez Franqui | Popular Democratic Party | 131,073 | 20.55 | Elected | |
Ramón Barreto Pérez | Popular Democratic Party | 128,600 | 20.16 | Elected | |
Bolívar Pagán | PS–PRP | 91,859 | 14.40 | Elected | |
Celestino Iriarte Miró | Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño | 87,758 | 13.76 | Elected | |
Gilberto Concepción de Gracia | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 37,952 | 5.95 | ||
José Luis Feliú Pesquera | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 28,219 | 4.42 | ||
Total | 637,842 | 100.00 | |||
Source: Nolla |
District senators
editParty | Class 1 | Class 2 | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Popular Democratic Party | 392,111 | 61.46 | 7 | 392,275 | 61.48 | 7 | 14 | |
PEP–PS–PRP | 179,744 | 28.17 | 0 | 179,713 | 28.17 | 0 | 0 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 66,106 | 10.36 | 0 | 66,065 | 10.35 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 637,961 | 100.00 | 7 | 638,053 | 100.00 | 7 | 14 | |
Source: Nolla |
House of Representatives
editAt-large representatives
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
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Benjamín Ortiz | Popular Democratic Party | 132,392 | 20.76 | Elected | |
Pedro Vega Berrios | Popular Democratic Party | 131,005 | 20.54 | Elected | |
Ernesto Ramos Antonini | Popular Democratic Party | 128,644 | 20.17 | Elected | |
Leopoldo Figueroa | PEP–PRP | 115,511 | 18.11 | Elected | |
Antonio Reyes Delgado | Socialist Party | 64,152 | 10.06 | ||
Baltazar Quiñones Elías | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 37,549 | 5.89 | ||
Fernando Milán Jr. | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 28,606 | 4.48 | ||
Total | 637,859 | 100.00 | |||
Source: Nolla |
District representatives
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Popular Democratic Party | 389,127 | 60.70 | 35 | |
PEP–PS–PRP | 179,617 | 28.02 | 0 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 67,461 | 10.52 | 0 | |
Criollo Party | 4,885 | 0.76 | 0 | |
Total | 641,090 | 100.00 | 35 | |
Source: Nolla |
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p562