General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 3 November 1992.[1] Pedro Rosselló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was elected Governor, whilst the PNP also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was between 82% and 84%.[2]
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Resident Commissioner election | |||||||||||||||||
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Results
editGovernor
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Pedro Rosselló | New Progressive Party | 938,969 | 49.90 | |
Victoria Muñoz Mendoza | Popular Democratic Party | 862,989 | 45.86 | |
Fernando Martín García | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 79,219 | 4.21 | |
Other candidates | 695 | 0.04 | ||
Total | 1,881,872 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,242,381 | – | ||
Source: Nohlen |
Resident Commissioner
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Carlos Romero Barceló | New Progressive Party | 904,067 | 48.60 | |
Antonio Colorado | Popular Democratic Party | 891,176 | 47.91 | |
Victor García San Inocencio | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 63,472 | 3.41 | |
Other candidates | 1,548 | 0.08 | ||
Total | 1,860,263 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,242,381 | – | ||
Source: Nohlen, Elections Puerto Rico |
House of Representatives
editParty | At-large | District | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
New Progressive Party | 860,843 | 46.42 | 6 | 921,753 | 49.98 | 30 | 36 | +21 | |
Popular Democratic Party | 728,919 | 39.31 | 4 | 837,351 | 45.41 | 10 | 16 | –20 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 262,235 | 14.14 | 1 | 83,810 | 4.54 | 0 | 1 | –1 | |
Other parties | 2,317 | 0.12 | 0 | 1,213 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Total | 1,854,314 | 100.00 | 11 | 1,844,127 | 100.00 | 40 | 53 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,854,314 | 99.35 | |||||||
Invalid votes | 4,673 | 0.25 | |||||||
Blank votes | 7,526 | 0.40 | |||||||
Total votes | 1,866,513 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,242,381 | 83.24 | |||||||
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive |
Senate
editParty | At-large | District | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
New Progressive Party | 848,576 | 45.95 | 6 | 1,844,420 | 50.07 | 14 | 20 | +12 | |
Popular Democratic Party | 717,041 | 38.83 | 4 | 1,675,154 | 45.48 | 2 | 8 | –10 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 209,009 | 11.32 | 1 | 162,213 | 4.40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Other parties | 1,756 | 0.10 | 0 | 1,659 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Independents | 70,189 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Total | 1,846,571 | 100.00 | 11 | 3,683,446 | 100.00 | 16 | 29 | +2 | |
Valid votes | 1,846,571 | 99.34 | |||||||
Invalid votes | 4,673 | 0.25 | |||||||
Blank votes | 7,526 | 0.40 | |||||||
Total votes | 1,858,770 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,242,381 | 82.89 | |||||||
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive |
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p553