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{{Infobox Election
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
| election_name = Puerto Rican general election, 1996
{{Infobox election
| country = Puerto Rico
| country = Puerto Rico
| previous_election = 1992 Puerto Rican general election
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Puerto Rican general election, 1992
| previous_year = 1992
| previous_year = 1992
| next_election = Puerto Rican general election, 2000
| next_election = 2000 Puerto Rican general election
| next_year = 2000
| next_year = 2000
| election_date = November 5, 1996
| election_date = November 5, 1996
| module = {{Infobox election
| image1 = [[File:Inauguracion-foto-6.jpg|175x175px]]
| embed = yes
| type = presidential
| election_name = Gubernatorial election

| image1 = Dr Pedro Rosello.jpg
| nominee1 = '''[[Pedro Rosselló]]'''
| nominee1 = '''[[Pedro Rosselló]]'''
| party1 = New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
| party1 = New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)
| alliance1 = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| home_state1 =
| popular_vote1 = '''1,006,331 '''
| popular_vote1 = '''1,006,331'''
| percentage1 = '''51.14%'''
| percentage1 = '''51.39%'''

| image2 = [[File:HectorLuisAcevedo2005nyc.jpg|175x175px]]
| image2 = Héctor Luis Acevedo.jpg
| nominee2 = [[Héctor Luis Acevedo]]
| nominee2 = [[Héctor Luis Acevedo]]
| party2 = Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico
| party2 = Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)
| alliance2 = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| home_state2 =
| popular_vote2 = 875,852
| popular_vote2 = 875,852
| percentage2 = 44.51%
| percentage2 = 44.73%

| map_image = File:Puerto Rico Governor 1996.svg
| map_caption = Results by municipality<br/>'''Rosselló''': {{legend0|#A5B0FF|40-50%}} {{legend0|#7996E2|50-60%}} {{legend0|#6674DE|60-70%}} <br/>'''Acevedo''': {{legend0|#FFB2B2|40-50%}} {{legend0|#E27F7F|50-60%}}
| title = Governor
| title = Governor
| before_election = [[Rafael Hernández Colón]]
| before_election = [[Pedro Rosselló]]
| before_party = Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico
| before_party = New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)
| after_election = [[Pedro Rosselló]]
| after_election = [[Pedro Rosselló]]
| after_party = New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
| after_party = New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)
}}


| module = {{Infobox election
{{Politics of Puerto Rico}}
| embed = yes
| type = presidential
| election_name = Resident Commissioner election

| nominee1 = '''[[Carlos Romero Barceló]]'''
| image1 = Carlos_Romero_Barcelo_(cropped).png
| party1 = New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)
| alliance1 = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| popular_vote1 = '''973,654'''
| percentage1 = '''50.01%'''

| nominee2 = [[Celeste Benítez]]
| image2 = 3x4.svg
| party2 = Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)
| popular_vote2 = 904,048
| percentage2 = 46.43%

}}}}
}}{{Politics of Puerto Rico}}


'''General elections''' were held in [[Puerto Rico]] on 5 November 1996.<ref name=N1>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6</ref> [[Pedro Rosselló]] of the [[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|New Progressive Party]] (PNP) was re-elected Governor, whilst the PNP also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was between 80% and 82%.<ref>Nohlen, p553</ref>
General elections were held in [[Puerto Rico]] on 5 November 1996.<ref name=N1>[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p552 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}</ref> [[Pedro Rosselló]] of the [[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|New Progressive Party]] (PNP) was re-elected Governor, whilst the PNP also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was between 80% and 82%.<ref>Nohlen, p553</ref>


==Results==
==Results==
===Governor===
===Governor===
{{Election results
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|cand1=[[Pedro Rosselló]]|party1=[[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|New Progressive Party]]|votes1=1006331
!Candidate
|cand2=[[Héctor Luis Acevedo]]|party2=[[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)|Popular Democratic Party]]|votes2=875852
!Party
|cand3=[[David Noriega Rodríguez]]|party3=[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]|votes3=75305
!Votes
|row4=Other candidates|votes4=808
!%
|invalid=9409
|-
|electorate=2380676
|align=left|[[Pedro Rosselló]]||align=left|[[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|New Progressive Party]]||1,006,331||51.4
|source=Nohlen
|-
}}
|align=left|[[Héctor Luis Acevedo]]||align=left|[[Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico|Popular Democratic Party]]||875,852||44.7
|-
|align=left|[[David Noriega Rodríguez]]||align=left|[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]||73,305||3.8
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Other candidates||808||0.0
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes||9,409||–
|-
|align=left colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''1,967,705'''||'''100'''
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout||2,380,676||82.7
|-
|align=left colspan=4|Source: Nohlen
|}


===Resident Commissioner===
===Resident Commissioner===
{{Election results
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|cand1=[[Carlos Romero Barceló]]|party1=[[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|New Progressive Party]]|votes1=973654
!Candidate
|cand2=[[Celeste Benítez]]|party2=[[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)|Popular Democratic Party]]|votes2=904048
!Party
|cand3=[[Manuel Rodríguez Orellana]]|party3=[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]|votes3=68828
!Votes
|row4=Other candidates|votes4=440
!%
|invalid=9409
|-
|electorate=2380676
|align=left|[[Carlos Romero Barceló]]||align=left|[[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|New Progressive Party]]||973,654||50.0
|source=Nohlen
|-
}}
|align=left|[[Celeste Benítez]]||align=left|[[Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico|Popular Democratic Party]]||904,048||46.4
|-
|align=left|[[Manuel Rodríguez Orellana]]||align=left|[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]||68,828||3.5
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Other candidates||440||0.0
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes||9,409||–
|-
|align=left colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''1,956,379'''||'''100'''
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout||2,380,676||82.2
|-
|align=left colspan=4|Source: Nohlen
|}


===House of Representatives===
===House of Representatives===
{{Election results
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|firstround=At-large|secondround=District
!Party
|party1=[[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|New Progressive Party]]|votes1=906693|seats1=6|votes1_2=960491|seats1_2=31|totseats1=37|sc1=+1
!Votes
|party2=[[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)|Popular Democratic Party]]|votes2=814952|seats2=4|votes2_2=854097|seats2_2=9|totseats2=16|sc2=0
!%
|party3=[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]|votes3=140964|seats3=1|votes3_2=88790|seats3_2=0|totseats3=1|sc3=0
!Seats
|party4=Other parties|votes4=346|seats4=0|votes4_2=2093|seats4_2=0|totseats4=0|sc4=0
!+/-
|party5=Independents|votes5=25720|seats5=0|totseats5=0|sc5=New
|-
|invalid=17705
|align=left|[[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|New Progressive Party]]||906,693||48.0||37||+1
|blank=5396
|-
|total_sc=+1
|align=left|[[Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico|Popular Democratic Party]]||814,952||43.1||16||0
|electorate=2380676
|-
|source=Nohlen, [https://electionspuertorico.org/1996/cuadros.html Puerto Rico Election Archive]
|align=left|[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]||140,964||7.5||1||0
}}
|-
|align=left|Other parties||346||0.0||0||0
|-
|align=left|Independents||25,720||1.4||0||New
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||23,101||–||–||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''1,911,776'''||'''100'''||'''54'''||'''+1'''
|-
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||2,380,676||80.3||–||–
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: Nohlen
|}


===Senate===
===Senate===
{{Election results
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|firstround=At-large|secondround=District
!Party
|party1=[[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|New Progressive Party]]|votes1=886455|seats1=6|votes1_2=1889235|seats1_2=13|totseats1=19|sc1=–1
!National votes
|party2=[[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)|Popular Democratic Party]]|votes2=772044|seats2=5|votes2_2=1698240|seats2_2=3|totseats2=8|sc2=0
!%
|party3=[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]|votes3=160005|seats3=1|votes3_2=175500|seats3_2=0|totseats3=1|sc3=0
!Seats
|party4=Other parties|votes4=458|seats4=0|votes4_2=945|seats4_2=0|totseats4=0|sc4=0
!+/-
|party5=Independents|votes5=68466|seats5=0|totseats5=0|sc5=0
|-
|invalid=5396
|align=left|[[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|New Progressive Party]]||886,455||47.0||19||–1
|blank=17705
|-
|total_sc=–1
|align=left|[[Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico|Popular Democratic Party]]||772,044||40.9||8||0
|electorate=2380676
|-
|source=Nohlen, [https://electionspuertorico.org/1996/cuadros.html Puerto Rico Election Archive]
|align=left|[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]||160,005||8.5||1||0
}}
|-
|align=left|Other parties||458||0.2||0||0
|-
|align=left|Independents||68,466||3.6||0||0
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||23,101||–||–||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''1,910,529'''||'''100'''||'''28'''||'''–1'''
|-
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||2,380,676||80.3||–||–
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: Nohlen
|}


==References==
==References==
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{{Puerto Rican elections}}
{{United States elections, 1996}}


[[Category:1996 elections in the Caribbean]]
[[Category:1996 Puerto Rico elections|General]]
[[Category:Elections in Puerto Rico|1996]]
[[Category:General elections in Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:1996 in Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:1996 elections in the Caribbean|Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:1996 elections in the United States by state|Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:1996 United States House of Representatives elections|Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:United States House of Representatives elections in Puerto Rico]]

Latest revision as of 15:20, 1 June 2024

1996 Puerto Rican general election
← 1992 November 5, 1996 2000 →
Gubernatorial election
 
Nominee Pedro Rosselló Héctor Luis Acevedo
Party New Progressive Popular Democratic
Alliance Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 1,006,331 875,852
Percentage 51.39% 44.73%
Results by municipality
Rosselló:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%
Acevedo:      40-50%      50-60%
Governor before election

Pedro Rosselló
New Progressive

Elected Governor

Pedro Rosselló
New Progressive

Resident Commissioner election
 
Nominee Carlos Romero Barceló Celeste Benítez
Party New Progressive Popular Democratic
Alliance Democratic
Popular vote 973,654 904,048
Percentage 50.01% 46.43%
Politics of Puerto Rico
Constitution and law
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
Elections
Municipalities
Federal relations
Political status

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 5 November 1996.[1] Pedro Rosselló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was re-elected Governor, whilst the PNP also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was between 80% and 82%.[2]

Results

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Governor

[edit]
CandidatePartyVotes%
Pedro RossellóNew Progressive Party1,006,33151.39
Héctor Luis AcevedoPopular Democratic Party875,85244.73
David Noriega RodríguezPuerto Rican Independence Party75,3053.85
Other candidates8080.04
Total1,958,296100.00
Valid votes1,958,29699.52
Invalid/blank votes9,4090.48
Total votes1,967,705100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,380,67682.65
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Carlos Romero BarcelóNew Progressive Party973,65450.01
Celeste BenítezPopular Democratic Party904,04846.43
Manuel Rodríguez OrellanaPuerto Rican Independence Party68,8283.54
Other candidates4400.02
Total1,946,970100.00
Valid votes1,946,97099.52
Invalid/blank votes9,4090.48
Total votes1,956,379100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,380,67682.18
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

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PartyAt-largeDistrictTotal
seats		+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
New Progressive Party906,69348.016960,49150.413137+1
Popular Democratic Party814,95243.154854,09744.829160
Puerto Rican Independence Party140,9647.46188,7904.66010
Other parties3460.0202,0930.11000
Independents25,7201.3600New
Total1,888,675100.00111,905,471100.004054+1
Valid votes1,888,67598.79
Invalid votes17,7050.93
Blank votes5,3960.28
Total votes1,911,776100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,380,67680.30
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive

Senate

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PartyAt-largeDistrictTotal
seats		+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
New Progressive Party886,45546.9761,889,23550.191319–1
Popular Democratic Party772,04440.9051,698,24045.12380
Puerto Rican Independence Party160,0058.481175,5004.66010
Other parties4580.0209450.03000
Independents68,4663.63000
Total1,887,428100.00123,763,920100.001628–1
Valid votes1,887,42898.79
Invalid votes5,3960.28
Blank votes17,7050.93
Total votes1,910,529100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,380,67680.25
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p553
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