Puerto Rican general election, 1996
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General elections were held in Puerto Rico
on 5 November 1996. 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%.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
on 5 November 1996. Pedro Rosselló
Pedro Rosselló
Pedro Juan Rosselló González, M.D., , is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the sixth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001...
of the New Progressive Party
New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States of America as the 51st state...
(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%.
Governor
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Rosselló Pedro Rosselló Pedro Juan Rosselló González, M.D., , is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the sixth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001... |
New Progressive Party New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States of America as the 51st state... |
1,006,331 | 51.4 |
| Héctor Luis Acevedo Héctor Luis Acevedo Héctor Luis Acevedo is a politician from Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is the son of Héctor N. Acevedo and Toñita, both public servants... |
Popular Democratic Party Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a commonwealth.... |
875,852 | 44.7 |
| David Noriega Rodríguez | Puerto Rican Independence Party Puerto Rican Independence Party The Puerto Rican Independence Party is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from United States suzerainty.... |
73,305 | 3.8 |
| Other candidates | 808 | 0.0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 9,409 | – | |
| Total | 1,967,705 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Resident Commissioner
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Romero Barceló Carlos Romero Barceló Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the fifth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party and also Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001, making him one of the more successful... |
New Progressive Party New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States of America as the 51st state... |
973,654 | 50.0 |
| Celeste Benítez | Popular Democratic Party Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a commonwealth.... |
904,048 | 46.4 |
| Manuel Rodríguez Orellana Manuel Rodríguez Orellana Manuel Rodríguez Orellana is a legal scholar, lawyer, lecturer, columnist, published poet and political leader of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement... |
Puerto Rican Independence Party Puerto Rican Independence Party The Puerto Rican Independence Party is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from United States suzerainty.... |
68,828 | 3.5 |
| Other candidates | 440 | 0.0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 9,409 | – | |
| Total | 1,956,379 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
House of Representatives
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Progressive Party New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States of America as the 51st state... |
906,693 | 48.0 | 37 | |
| Popular Democratic Party Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a commonwealth.... |
814,952 | 43.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Puerto Rican Independence Party Puerto Rican Independence Party The Puerto Rican Independence Party is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from United States suzerainty.... |
140,964 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Other parties | 346 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 25,720 | 1.4 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 23,101 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,911,776 | 100 | 54 | +1 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
Senate
| Party | National votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Progressive Party New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States of America as the 51st state... |
886,455 | 47.0 | 19 | |
| Popular Democratic Party Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a commonwealth.... |
772,044 | 40.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Puerto Rican Independence Party Puerto Rican Independence Party The Puerto Rican Independence Party is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from United States suzerainty.... |
160,005 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Other parties | 458 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 68,466 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 23,101 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,910,529 | 100 | 28 | -1 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||