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{{Infobox Election |
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{{Infobox election |
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| election_name = 1996 Puerto Rican general election |
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| country = Puerto Rico |
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| previous_election = 1992 Puerto Rican general election |
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| type = presidential |
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| previous_year = 1992 |
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| ongoing = no |
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| next_election = 2000 Puerto Rican general election |
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| next_year = 2000 |
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| previous_year = 1992 |
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| election_date = November 5, 1996 |
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| next_election = Puerto Rican general election, 2000 |
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| module = {{Infobox election |
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| next_year = 2000 |
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| embed = yes |
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| election_date = 5 November 1996 |
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| type = presidential |
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| turnout = 82.70% |
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| election_name = Gubernatorial election |
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| image1 = [[File:Pedro Rosselló (inauguracion).jpg|160x160px]] |
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| nominee1 = '''[[Pedro Rosselló]]''' |
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| party1 = New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico |
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| home_state1 = |
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| popular_vote1 = '''1,006,331''' |
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| percentage1 = '''51.14%''' |
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| image2 = [[File:Héctor Luis Acevedo.jpg|160x160px]] |
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| nominee2 = [[Héctor Luis Acevedo]] |
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| party2 = Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico |
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| home_state2 = |
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| popular_vote2 = 875,852 |
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| percentage2 = 44.75% |
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| map_image = Puerto Rican general election, 1996 map.png |
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| map_size = 350px |
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| map_caption = Election results map. <span style="color:blue;">Blue</span> denotes municipalities won by Rosselló, and <span style="color:#c20;">red</span> denotes those won by Acevedo. |
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| title = Governor |
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| before_election = [[Pedro Rosselló]] |
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| before_party = New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico |
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| after_election = [[Pedro Rosselló]] |
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| after_party = New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico |
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}} |
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{{Politics of Puerto Rico}} |
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| image1 = Dr Pedro Rosello.jpg |
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'''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> |
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| nominee1 = '''[[Pedro Rosselló]]''' |
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| party1 = New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) |
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| alliance1 = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |
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| popular_vote1 = '''1,006,331''' |
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| percentage1 = '''51.39%''' |
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| image2 = Héctor Luis Acevedo.jpg |
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| nominee2 = [[Héctor Luis Acevedo]] |
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| party2 = Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) |
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| alliance2 = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |
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| popular_vote2 = 875,852 |
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| percentage2 = 44.73% |
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| map_image = File:Puerto Rico Governor 1996.svg |
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| 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%}} |
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| title = Governor |
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| before_election = [[Pedro Rosselló]] |
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| before_party = New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) |
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| after_election = [[Pedro Rosselló]] |
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| after_party = New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) |
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| module = {{Infobox election |
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| embed = yes |
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| type = presidential |
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| election_name = Resident Commissioner election |
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| nominee1 = '''[[Carlos Romero Barceló]]''' |
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| image1 = Carlos_Romero_Barcelo_(cropped).png |
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| party1 = New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) |
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| alliance1 = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |
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| popular_vote1 = '''973,654''' |
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| percentage1 = '''50.01%''' |
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| nominee2 = [[Celeste Benítez]] |
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| image2 = 3x4.svg |
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| party2 = Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) |
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| popular_vote2 = 904,048 |
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| percentage2 = 46.43% |
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}}}} |
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}}{{Politics of Puerto Rico}} |
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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> |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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===Governor=== |
===Governor=== |
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{{Election results |
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{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right |
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|cand1=[[Pedro Rosselló]]|party1=[[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|New Progressive Party]]|votes1=1006331 |
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!Candidate |
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|cand2=[[Héctor Luis Acevedo]]|party2=[[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)|Popular Democratic Party]]|votes2=875852 |
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!Party |
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|cand3=[[David Noriega Rodríguez]]|party3=[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]|votes3=75305 |
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!Votes |
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|row4=Other candidates|votes4=808 |
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!% |
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|invalid=9409 |
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|electorate=2380676 |
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|align=left|[[Pedro Rosselló]]||align=left|[[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|New Progressive Party]]||1,006,331||51.4 |
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|source=Nohlen |
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}} |
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|align=left|[[Héctor Luis Acevedo]]||align=left|[[Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico|Popular Democratic Party]]||875,852||44.7 |
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|align=left|[[David Noriega Rodríguez]]||align=left|[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]||73,305||3.8 |
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|align=left colspan=2|Other candidates||808||0.0 |
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|align=left colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes||9,409||– |
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|align=left colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''1,967,705'''||'''100''' |
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|align=left colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout||2,380,676||82.7 |
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|align=left colspan=4|Source: Nohlen |
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===Resident Commissioner=== |
===Resident Commissioner=== |
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{{Election results |
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{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right |
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|cand1=[[Carlos Romero Barceló]]|party1=[[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|New Progressive Party]]|votes1=973654 |
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!Candidate |
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|cand2=[[Celeste Benítez]]|party2=[[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)|Popular Democratic Party]]|votes2=904048 |
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!Party |
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|cand3=[[Manuel Rodríguez Orellana]]|party3=[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]|votes3=68828 |
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!Votes |
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|row4=Other candidates|votes4=440 |
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!% |
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|invalid=9409 |
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|electorate=2380676 |
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|align=left|[[Carlos Romero Barceló]]||align=left|[[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|New Progressive Party]]||973,654||50.0 |
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|source=Nohlen |
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}} |
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|align=left|[[Celeste Benítez]]||align=left|[[Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico|Popular Democratic Party]]||904,048||46.4 |
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|align=left|[[Manuel Rodríguez Orellana]]||align=left|[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]||68,828||3.5 |
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|align=left colspan=2|Other candidates||440||0.0 |
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|align=left colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes||9,409||– |
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|align=left colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''1,956,379'''||'''100''' |
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|align=left colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout||2,380,676||82.2 |
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|align=left colspan=4|Source: Nohlen |
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===House of Representatives=== |
===House of Representatives=== |
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{{Election results |
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{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right |
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|firstround=At-large|secondround=District |
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!Party |
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|party1=[[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|New Progressive Party]]|votes1=906693|seats1=6|votes1_2=960491|seats1_2=31|totseats1=37|sc1=+1 |
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!Votes |
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|party2=[[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)|Popular Democratic Party]]|votes2=814952|seats2=4|votes2_2=854097|seats2_2=9|totseats2=16|sc2=0 |
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!% |
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|party3=[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]|votes3=140964|seats3=1|votes3_2=88790|seats3_2=0|totseats3=1|sc3=0 |
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!Seats |
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|party4=Other parties|votes4=346|seats4=0|votes4_2=2093|seats4_2=0|totseats4=0|sc4=0 |
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!+/- |
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|party5=Independents|votes5=25720|seats5=0|totseats5=0|sc5=New |
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|invalid=17705 |
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|align=left|[[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|New Progressive Party]]||906,693||48.0||37||+1 |
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|blank=5396 |
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|total_sc=+1 |
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|align=left|[[Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico|Popular Democratic Party]]||814,952||43.1||16||0 |
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|electorate=2380676 |
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|source=Nohlen, [https://electionspuertorico.org/1996/cuadros.html Puerto Rico Election Archive] |
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|align=left|[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]||140,964||7.5||1||0 |
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}} |
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|align=left|Other parties||346||0.0||0||0 |
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|align=left|Independents||25,720||1.4||0||New |
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|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||23,101||–||–||– |
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|align=left|'''Total'''||'''1,911,776'''||'''100'''||'''54'''||'''+1''' |
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|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||2,380,676||80.3||–||– |
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|align=left colspan=5|Source: Nohlen |
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===Senate=== |
===Senate=== |
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{{Election results |
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{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right |
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|firstround=At-large|secondround=District |
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!Party |
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|party1=[[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|New Progressive Party]]|votes1=886455|seats1=6|votes1_2=1889235|seats1_2=13|totseats1=19|sc1=–1 |
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!National votes |
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|party2=[[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)|Popular Democratic Party]]|votes2=772044|seats2=5|votes2_2=1698240|seats2_2=3|totseats2=8|sc2=0 |
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!% |
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|party3=[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]|votes3=160005|seats3=1|votes3_2=175500|seats3_2=0|totseats3=1|sc3=0 |
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!Seats |
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|party4=Other parties|votes4=458|seats4=0|votes4_2=945|seats4_2=0|totseats4=0|sc4=0 |
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!+/- |
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|party5=Independents|votes5=68466|seats5=0|totseats5=0|sc5=0 |
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|invalid=5396 |
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|align=left|[[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|New Progressive Party]]||886,455||47.0||19||–1 |
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|blank=17705 |
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|total_sc=–1 |
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|align=left|[[Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico|Popular Democratic Party]]||772,044||40.9||8||0 |
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|electorate=2380676 |
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|source=Nohlen, [https://electionspuertorico.org/1996/cuadros.html Puerto Rico Election Archive] |
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|align=left|[[Puerto Rican Independence Party]]||160,005||8.5||1||0 |
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}} |
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|align=left|Other parties||458||0.2||0||0 |
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|align=left|Independents||68,466||3.6||0||0 |
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|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||23,101||–||–||– |
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|align=left|'''Total'''||'''1,910,529'''||'''100'''||'''28'''||'''–1''' |
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|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||2,380,676||80.3||–||– |
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|align=left colspan=5|Source: Nohlen |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Results by municipality Rosselló: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Acevedo: 40-50% 50-60% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Governor
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Pedro Rosselló | New Progressive Party | 1,006,331 | 51.39 | |
Héctor Luis Acevedo | Popular Democratic Party | 875,852 | 44.73 | |
David Noriega Rodríguez | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 75,305 | 3.85 | |
Other candidates | 808 | 0.04 | ||
Total | 1,958,296 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,958,296 | 99.52 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 9,409 | 0.48 | ||
Total votes | 1,967,705 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,380,676 | 82.65 | ||
Source: Nohlen |
Resident Commissioner
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Carlos Romero Barceló | New Progressive Party | 973,654 | 50.01 | |
Celeste Benítez | Popular Democratic Party | 904,048 | 46.43 | |
Manuel Rodríguez Orellana | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 68,828 | 3.54 | |
Other candidates | 440 | 0.02 | ||
Total | 1,946,970 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,946,970 | 99.52 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 9,409 | 0.48 | ||
Total votes | 1,956,379 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,380,676 | 82.18 | ||
Source: Nohlen |
House of Representatives
[edit]Party | At-large | District | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
New Progressive Party | 906,693 | 48.01 | 6 | 960,491 | 50.41 | 31 | 37 | +1 | |
Popular Democratic Party | 814,952 | 43.15 | 4 | 854,097 | 44.82 | 9 | 16 | 0 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 140,964 | 7.46 | 1 | 88,790 | 4.66 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Other parties | 346 | 0.02 | 0 | 2,093 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 25,720 | 1.36 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Total | 1,888,675 | 100.00 | 11 | 1,905,471 | 100.00 | 40 | 54 | +1 | |
Valid votes | 1,888,675 | 98.79 | |||||||
Invalid votes | 17,705 | 0.93 | |||||||
Blank votes | 5,396 | 0.28 | |||||||
Total votes | 1,911,776 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,380,676 | 80.30 | |||||||
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive |
Senate
[edit]Party | At-large | District | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
New Progressive Party | 886,455 | 46.97 | 6 | 1,889,235 | 50.19 | 13 | 19 | –1 | |
Popular Democratic Party | 772,044 | 40.90 | 5 | 1,698,240 | 45.12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 160,005 | 8.48 | 1 | 175,500 | 4.66 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Other parties | 458 | 0.02 | 0 | 945 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 68,466 | 3.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 1,887,428 | 100.00 | 12 | 3,763,920 | 100.00 | 16 | 28 | –1 | |
Valid votes | 1,887,428 | 98.79 | |||||||
Invalid votes | 5,396 | 0.28 | |||||||
Blank votes | 17,705 | 0.93 | |||||||
Total votes | 1,910,529 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,380,676 | 80.25 | |||||||
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p553