1984 Puerto Rican general election

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1984 Puerto Rican general election
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Turnout88.90%
  Rafael Hernández Colón, Former Governor of Puerto Rico.jpg Carlos Antonio Romero-Barceló.jpg
Nominee Rafael Hernández Colón Carlos Romero Barceló
Party Popular Democratic New Progressive
Alliance Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 822,709 768,959
Percentage 47.75% 44.63%
Puerto Rican general election, 1984 map.png
Election results map. Red denotes municipalities won by Colón, and blue denotes those won by Barceló.
Governor before election

Carlos Romero Barceló
New Progressive

Elected Governor

Rafael Hernández Colón
Popular Democratic

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The 1984 Puerto Rican general elections were held in Puerto Rico on 6 November 1984.[1] Rafael Hernández Colón of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was 88.9%.[2]

Results[]

Governor[]

Candidate Party Votes %
Rafael Hernández Colón Popular Democratic Party 822,709 47.8
Carlos Romero Barceló New Progressive Party 768,959 44.6
Hernán Padilla Puerto Rican Renewal Party 69,807 4.1
Fernando Martín García Puerto Rican Independence Party 61,312 3.6
Invalid/blank votes 18,851 –
Total 1,741,638 100
Registered voters/turnout 1,959,877 88.9
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner[]

Candidate Party Votes %
Jaime Fuster Popular Democratic Party 827,380 48.7
New Progressive Party 769,951 45.3
Puerto Rican Independence Party 64,001 3.8
Angel Viera Martínez Puerto Rican Renewal Party 39,319 2.3
Invalid/blank votes –
Total 1,700,651 100
Registered voters/turnout 1,959,877
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives[]

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Popular Democratic Party 47.8 34 +8
New Progressive Party 44.6 16 –9
Puerto Rican Independence Party 7.6 1 +1
Puerto Rican Renewal Party 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 12,530 – – –
Total 1,741,638 100 51 0
Registered voters/turnout 1,959,877 88.9 – –
Source: Nohlen

Senate[]

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Popular Democratic Party 18 +3
New Progressive Party 8 –4
Puerto Rican Independence Party 1 +1
Invalid/blank votes – – –
Total 27 0
Source: Nohlen

References[]

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p553
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