1980 Puerto Rican general election
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 4 November 1980.[1] Carlos Romero Barceló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was re-elected Governor. In the House of Representatives elections the PNP received a plurality of votes, but the Popular Democratic Party won a majority of the seats. They also won a majority of seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 88.30%.[2]
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Results
Governor
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Carlos Romero Barceló | New Progressive Party | 759,926 | 47.2 |
Rafael Hernández Colón | Popular Democratic Party | 756,889 | 47.0 |
Rubén Berríos Martínez | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 87,272 | 5.4 |
Luis Lausell Hernández | Puerto Rican Socialist Party | 5,224 | 0.3 |
Invalid/blank votes | 10,479 | – | |
Total | 1,619,790 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,835,160 | 88.3 | |
Source: Nohlen |
Resident Commissioner
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Baltasar Corrada del Río | New Progressive Party | 760,484 | 47.71 |
José Arsenio Torres | Popular Democratic Party | 749,531 | 47.02 |
Marta Font de Calero | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 83,911 | 5.26 |
Invalid/blank votes | – | ||
Total | 1,593,926 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,017,777 | ||
Source: Nohlen |
House of Representatives
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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New Progressive Party | 47.2 | 25 | –8 | |
Popular Democratic Party | 47.0 | 26 | +8 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | |
Puerto Rican Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 8,125 | – | – | – |
Total | 1,619,790 | 100 | 51 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,071,777 | 78.2 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen |
Senate
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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Popular Democratic Party | 15 | +2 | ||
New Progressive Party | 12 | –2 | ||
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 0 | 0 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | |
Total | 27 | 0 | ||
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, p553
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