2000 Puerto Rican general election
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 7 November 2000.[1] Sila María Calderón of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was between 80% and 82%.[2]
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Turnout | 82.20% | ||||||||||||||||
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Election results map. Red denotes municipalities won by Calderón, and blue denotes those won by Pesquera. | |||||||||||||||||
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Results
Governor
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Sila María Calderón | Popular Democratic Party | 978,860 | 48.9 |
Carlos Pesquera | New Progressive Party | 919,194 | 45.9 |
Rubén Berríos Martínez | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 104,705 | 5.2 |
Other candidates | 709 | 0.0 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 8,667 | – | |
Total | 2,012,135 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,447,032 | 82.2 | |
Source: Nohlen |
Resident Commissioner
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | Popular Democratic Party | 983,488 | 49.6 |
Carlos Romero Barcelo | New Progressive Party | 905,690 | 45.6 |
Manuel Rodríguez Orellana | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 95,067 | 4.8 |
Other candidates | 571 | 0.0 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 8,667 | – | |
Total | 1,993,483 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,447,032 | 81.5 | |
Source: Nohlen |
House of Representatives
Party | Constituency | National list | Seats | +/- | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Popular Democratic Party | 934,611 | 47.9 | 857,614 | 44.3 | 30 | +14 |
New Progressive Party | 902,708 | 46.3 | 851,506 | 44.0 | 20 | –17 |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 112,592 | 5.8 | 224,765 | 11.6 | 1 | 0 |
Other parties | 1,410 | 0.0 | 274 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 18,962 | – | 18,962 | – | – | – |
Total | 1,970,287 | 100 | 1,953,121 | 100 | 51 | –3 |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,447,032 | 79.8 | 2,447,032 | 79.8 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen |
Senate
Party | Constituency | National list | Additional seats |
Total seats |
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Popular Democratic Party | 1,850,091 | 48.0 | 14 | 855,013 | 44.3 | 5 | 0 | 19 | +11 |
New Progressive Party | 1,778,197 | 46.2 | 2 | 856,886 | 44.4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | –11 |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 221,411 | 5.8 | 0 | 217,390 | 11.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Other parties | 676 | 0.0 | 0 | 142 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 18,982 | – | – | 18,982 | – | – | – | – | – |
Total | 100 | 16 | 1,948,393 | 100 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,447,032 | 2,447,032 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
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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