1968_Puerto_Rican_general_election

1968 Puerto Rican general election
	Gubernatorial election
Turnout	78.41%
	Results by municipality
Governor before election; Roberto Sánchez Vilella; People's	Elected Governor ; Luis A. Ferré; New Progressive
	Resident Commissioner election

1968 Puerto Rican general election

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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%.^[2]

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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, p553

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Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Luis A. Ferré	New Progressive Party	400,815	43.62
	Luis Negrón López	Popular Democratic Party	374,040	40.71
	Roberto Sánchez Vilella	People's Party	107,359	11.68
	Antonio J. González	Puerto Rican Independence Party	32,166	3.50
	Ramiro L. Colón	Partido Estadista Republicano	4,449	0.48
Total			918,829	100.00

Valid votes			918,829	99.57
Invalid/blank votes			3,993	0.43
Total votes			922,822	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,176,895	78.41
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jorge Luis Córdova	New Progressive Party	400,544	43.81
	Santiago Polanco-Abreu	Popular Democratic Party	384,998	42.11
	Alfredo Nazario Tirado	People's Party	94,519	10.34
	Juan Antonio Agostini	Puerto Rican Independence Party	29,491	3.23
	Nicolás Nogueras, Jr.	Partido Estadista Republicano	4,646	0.51
Total			914,198	100.00

Source: House of Representatives

Party		Seats
	New Progressive Party	25
	Popular Democratic Party	26
	People's Party	0
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	0
	Partido Estadista Republicano	0
Total		51

Source: Nohlen

Party		Seats
	Popular Democratic Party	15
	New Progressive Party	12
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	0
Total		27

Source: Nohlen

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House of Representatives

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