1976 Puerto Rican general election

1976 Puerto Rican general election

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Turnout	86.10%
Nominee Carlos Romero Barceló Rafael Hernández Colón Party New Progressive Popular Democratic Alliance Republican Democratic Popular vote 703,968 660,301 Percentage 48.28% 45.29%
Election results map. Blue denotes municipalities won by Barceló, and red denotes those won by Colón.
Governor before election Rafael Hernández Colón Popular Democratic Elected Governor Carlos Romero Barceló New Progressive

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The 1976 Puerto Rican general elections were held in Puerto Rico on 2 November 1976.^[1] Carlos Romero Barceló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was elected Governor, whilst the PNP also won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was 86.1%.^[2]

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