Upper house of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
24th Senate of Puerto Rico |
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January 2, 2009 – January 1, 2013 |
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President | Thomas Rivera Schatz |
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President pro tem | Margarita Nolasco |
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Majority Leader | Larry Seilhamer |
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Majority Whip | Lucy Arce |
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Minority Leader | José Luis Dalmau |
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Minority Whip | Eduardo Bhatia |
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Secretary | Brunilda Ortíz |
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Sergeant-at-Arms | Billy Sánchez |
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Seats | 31 voting members |
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Parties represented | PNP PPD |
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Length of term | 4 years |
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16th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico |
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28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico |
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1st | January 14, 2009 – January 12, 2010 |
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2nd | January 13, 2010 – January 11, 2011 |
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3rd | January 12, 2011 – January 10, 2012 |
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4th | January 11, 2012 – January 1, 2013 |
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The 24th Senate of Puerto Rico was the upper house of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico that met from January 2, 2009, to January 1, 2013. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2008. The Senate had a majority of members from the New Progressive Party (PNP).
The body is counterparted by the 28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the lower house.
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
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PNP | PPD | Ind | Vacant |
End of previous legislature | 17 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
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Begin | 22 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
January 28, 2012[1] | 20 | 28 | 3 |
Latest voting share | 72.4% | 27.6% | |
Party | At-large | District | Total seats |
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats |
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| New Progressive Party | 886,196 | 48.12 | 6 | 1,887,968 | 51.20 | 16 | 22 |
| Popular Democratic Party | 803,415 | 43.63 | 9 | 1,632,545 | 44.28 | 0 | 9 |
| Puerto Rican Independence Party | 90,171 | 4.90 | 0 | 80,920 | 2.19 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party | 38,103 | 2.07 | 0 | 84,437 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 |
| Other parties | 412 | 0.02 | 0 | 1,224 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 23,158 | 1.26 | 0 | | 0 |
Total | 1,841,455 | 100.00 | 15 | 3,687,094 | 100.00 | 16 | 31 |
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Valid votes | 1,841,455 | 98.95 | | | | | |
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Invalid votes | 8,428 | 0.45 | | | | | |
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Blank votes | 11,055 | 0.59 | | | | | |
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Total votes | 1,860,938 | 100.00 | | | | | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 2,458,036 | 75.71 | | | | | |
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Source: Puerto Rico Election Archive |