1956_Puerto_Rican_general_election

1956 Puerto Rican general election
	Gubernatorial election
Turnout	80.37%
	Results by municipality
Governor before election; Luis Muñoz Marín; Popular Democratic	Elected Governor ; Luis Muñoz Marín; Popular Democratic
	Resident Commissioner election

1956 Puerto Rican general election

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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 6 November 1956.^[1] Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was re-elected as governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of seats in the legislative elections. Voter turnout was 80%.^[2]^[3]

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

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Nohlen, p557

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Nohlen, p563

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Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Luis Muñoz Marín	Popular Democratic Party	435,255	62.49
	Luis A. Ferré	Partido Estadista Republicano	174,683	25.08
	Francisco Susoni	Puerto Rican Independence Party	86,636	12.44
Total			696,574	100.00

Valid votes			696,574	99.26
Invalid/blank votes			5,164	0.74
Total votes			701,738	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			873,085	80.37
Source: Nohlen

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Antonio Fernós-Isern	Popular Democratic Party	434,256	62.51
	Antonio Ortíz Toro	Partido Estadista Republicano	173,580	24.99
	Marco A. Ramírez	Puerto Rican Independence Party	86,886	12.51
Total			694,722	100.00

Source: Nolla

Party		District class I			District class II			At-large			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Popular Democratic Party	434,123	62.51	8	434,030	62.52	8	434,109	62.54	7	23
	Partido Estadista Republicano	173,472	24.98	0	173,419	24.98	0	173,240	24.96	3	3
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	86,839	12.51	0	86,751	12.50	0	86,789	12.50	3	3
Total		694,434	100.00	8	694,200	100.00	8	694,138	100.00	13	29

Source: Nolla

Party		District			At-large			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Popular Democratic Party	432,397	62.43	40	434,463	63.46	7	47
	Partido Estadista Republicano	172,639	24.93	0	173,275	25.31	3	3
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	87,546	12.64	0	76,903	11.23	6	6
Total		692,582	100.00	40	684,641	100.00	16	56

Source: Nolla

1956_Puerto_Rican_general_election

1956 Puerto Rican general election

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