1956 Puerto Rican general election
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 6 November 1956.[1] Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party was re-elected as governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of the vote in the House of Representatives elections. Voter turnout was 80.4% in the gubernatorial elections and 80.3% in the House elections.[2][3]
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Results
Governor
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Luis Muñoz Marín | Popular Democratic Party | 435,255 | 62.5 |
Luis A. Ferré | Republican Statehood Party | 174,683 | 25.1 |
Francisco Susoni | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 86,636 | 12.4 |
Invalid/blank votes | 5,164 | – | |
Total | 701,738 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 873,085 | 80.4 | |
Source: Nohlen |
House of Representatives
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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Popular Democratic Party | 62.5 | ||
Republican Union | 25.0 | ||
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 3.3 | ||
Other parties | 9.2 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | |
Total | 701,738 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 873,842 | 80.3 | – |
Source: Nohlen |
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References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- Nohlen, p557
- Nohlen, p563
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