Puerto Rican general election, 1996

November 5, 1996



Nominee	Pedro Rosselló	Héctor Luis Acevedo
Party	New Progressive	Popular Democratic
Popular vote	1,006,331	875,852
Percentage	51.14%	44.51%

Governor before election

Rafael Hernández Colón
Popular Democratic

Elected Governor

Pedro Rosselló
New Progressive

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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 5 November 1996.^[1] Pedro Rosselló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was re-elected Governor, whilst the PNP also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was between 80% and 82%.^[2]

Results

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Pedro Rosselló	New Progressive Party	1,006,331	51.4
Héctor Luis Acevedo	Popular Democratic Party	875,852	44.7
David Noriega Rodríguez	Puerto Rican Independence Party	73,305	3.8
Other candidates		808	0.0
Invalid/blank votes		9,409	–
Total		1,967,705	100
Registered voters/turnout		2,380,676	82.7
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Carlos Romero Barceló	New Progressive Party	973,654	50.0
Celeste Benítez	Popular Democratic Party	904,048	46.4
Manuel Rodríguez Orellana	Puerto Rican Independence Party	68,828	3.5
Other candidates		440	0.0
Invalid/blank votes		9,409	–
Total		1,956,379	100
Registered voters/turnout		2,380,676	82.2
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
New Progressive Party	906,693	48.0	37	+1
Popular Democratic Party	814,952	43.1	16	0
Puerto Rican Independence Party	140,964	7.5	1	0
Other parties	346	0.0	0	0
Independents	25,720	1.4	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	23,101	–	–	–
Total	1,911,776	100	54	+1
Registered voters/turnout	2,380,676	80.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party	National votes	%	Seats	+/-
New Progressive Party	886,455	47.0	19	–1
Popular Democratic Party	772,044	40.9	8	0
Puerto Rican Independence Party	160,005	8.5	1	0
Other parties	458	0.2	0	0
Independents	68,466	3.6	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	23,101	–	–	–
Total	1,910,529	100	28	–1
Registered voters/turnout	2,380,676	80.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p553

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