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Held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, November 8, 1960
1960 Puerto Rican general election Turnout 84.60%
Election results map. Red denotes municipalities won by Marín, and black denotes those won by Ferré.
The 1960 Puerto Rican general elections were held in Puerto Rico on 8 November 1960.[1] Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party was re-elected as governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of the vote in the House of Representatives elections. Voter turnout was 84.6%.[2] [3]
Results [ ] Governor [ ]
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic Party 459,759
58.2
Luis A. Ferré Republican Statehood Party 253,242
32.1
Christian Action Party 52,275
6.6
Puerto Rican Independence Party 24,211
3.1
Invalid/blank votes
6,942
–
Total 796,429 100
Registered voters/turnout
941,034
84.6
Source: Nohlen
House of Representatives [ ] References [ ]
^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I , p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6 ^ Nohlen, p558
^ Nohlen, p563
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