1960 Puerto Rican general election
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Turnout | 84.60% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 8, 1960.[1] Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was re-elected as governor, whilst the PPD's Antonio Fernós Isern was re-elected as Resident Commissioner. Voter turnout was 85%.[2][3]
Results
[edit]Governor
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Luis Muñoz Marín | Popular Democratic Party | 459,759 | 58.24 | |
Luis A. Ferré | Partido Estadista Republicano | 253,242 | 32.08 | |
Salvador Perea Roselló | Partido Acción Cristiana | 52,275 | 6.62 | |
Julio García Diaz | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 24,211 | 3.07 | |
Total | 789,487 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 789,487 | 99.13 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 6,942 | 0.87 | ||
Total votes | 796,429 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 941,034 | 84.63 | ||
Source: Nohlen |
Resident Commissioner
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Antonio Fernós-Isern | Popular Democratic Party | 458,535 | 58.21 | |
Gabriel de la Haba | Partido Estadista Republicano | 252,737 | 32.08 | |
Jorge Luis Córdova | Partido Acción Cristiana | 52,215 | 6.63 | |
Roma Marti | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 24,275 | 3.08 | |
Total | 787,762 | 100.00 | ||
Source: House of Representatives |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p558
- ^ Nohlen, p563