1968 Puerto Rican general election
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 5 November 1968.[1] Luis A. Ferré of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was elected Governor. In the House of Representatives elections the PNP won a plurality of the vote, but the Popular Democratic Party won a majority of the seats. They also won a majority of seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 78.4%.[2]
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| Turnout | 78.40% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Election results map. Blue denotes municipalities won by Ferré, and red denotes those won by López. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
Governor
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Luis A. Ferré | New Progressive Party | 400,815 | 43.6 |
| Luis Negrón López | Popular Democratic Party | 374,040 | 40.7 |
| Roberto Sánchez Vilella | People's Party | 107,359 | 11.7 |
| Antonio J. González | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 32,166 | 3.5 |
| Other candidates | 4,449 | 0.5 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,993 | – | |
| Total | 922,822 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,176,895 | 78.4 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
House of Representatives
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| New Progressive Party | 42.3 | 25 | |
| Popular Democratic Party | 40.0 | 26 | |
| Republican Statehood Party | 17.7 | 0 | |
| Puerto Rican Independence Party | 0 | ||
| People's Party | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | |
| Total | 922,822 | 100 | 51 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,176,895 | 78.4 | – |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Senate
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Popular Democratic Party | 15 | ||
| New Progressive Party | 12 | ||
| Puerto Rican Independence Party | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | |
| Total | 27 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | |||
References
- Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- Nohlen, p553
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