1972 Puerto Rican general election
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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 7, 1972.[1] Rafael Hernández Colón of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was 80%.[2]
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Results
editGovernor
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Rafael Hernández Colón | Popular Democratic Party | 658,856 | 50.69 | |
Luis A. Ferré | New Progressive Party | 563,609 | 43.36 | |
Noel Colón Martínez | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 69,654 | 5.36 | |
Alfredo Nazario Tirado | People's Party | 4,007 | 0.31 | |
Antonio J. González | Puerto Rican Union Party | 3,291 | 0.25 | |
Jorge Luis Landing | Authentic Party for Sovereignty | 467 | 0.04 | |
Total | 1,299,884 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,555,504 | – | ||
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive |
Resident Commissioner
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Jaime Benítez Rexach | Popular Democratic Party | 656,885 | 50.93 | |
Jorge Luis Córdova | New Progressive Party | 560,119 | 43.43 | |
Jorge Morales-Yordan | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 64,964 | 5.04 | |
Luis F. Camacho | People's Party | 4,854 | 0.38 | |
Álvaro Calderón | Puerto Rican Union Party | 2,483 | 0.19 | |
Ángel A. Fuentes | Authentic Party for Sovereignty | 456 | 0.04 | |
Total | 1,289,761 | 100.00 | ||
Source: House of Representatives |
House of Representatives
editParty | Seats | +/– | |
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Popular Democratic Party | 37 | +11 | |
New Progressive Party | 15 | –10 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 2 | +2 | |
People's Party | 0 | 0 | |
Puerto Rican Union Party | 0 | New | |
Authentic Party for Sovereignty | 0 | New | |
Total | 54 | +3 | |
Source: Nohlen |
Senate
editParty | Seats | +/– | |
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Popular Democratic Party | 20 | +5 | |
New Progressive Party | 8 | –4 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 1 | +1 | |
Total | 29 | +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