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Held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, November 7, 1972
1972 Puerto Rican general election Turnout 80.40%
Election results map. Red denotes municipalities won by Colón, and blue denotes those won by Barceló.
The 1972 Puerto Rican general elections were held in Puerto Rico on 7 November 1972.[1] Rafael Hernández Colón of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was 80.4%.[2]
Results [ ] Governor [ ] House of Representatives [ ]
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/-
Popular Democratic Party 48.7
37
+11
New Progressive Party 41.1
15
–10
Puerto Rican Independence Party 10.2
2
+2
0
New
People's Party 0
0
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
–
–
–
Total 1,250,978 100 54 +3
Registered voters/turnout
1,555,504
80.4
–
–
Source: Nohlen
Senate [ ]
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/-
Popular Democratic Party 20
+5
New Progressive Party 8
–4
Puerto Rican Independence Party 1
+1
Invalid/blank votes
–
–
–
Total 29 +2
Source: Nohlen
References [ ]
^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I , p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6 ^ Nohlen, p553
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