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Held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, November 3, 1992
1992 Puerto Rican general election
Election results map. Blue denotes municipalities won by Rosselló, and red denotes those won by Mendoza.
The 1992 Puerto Rican general elections were held in Puerto Rico on 3 November 1992.[1] Pedro Rosselló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was elected Governor, whilst the PNP also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was between 82% and 84%.[2]
Results [ ] Governor [ ] Resident Commissioner [ ] House of Representatives [ ]
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/-
New Progressive Party 860,843
46.4
36
+21
Popular Democratic Party 728,919
39.3
16
-20
Puerto Rican Independence Party 262,235
14.1
1
-1
Other parties
2,317
0.1
0
–
Invalid/blank votes
12,199
–
–
–
Total 1,866,513 100 53 0
Source: Nohlen
Senate [ ]
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/-
New Progressive Party 848,576
46.0
20
+12
Popular Democratic Party 717,041
38.8
8
-10
Puerto Rican Independence Party 209,009
11.3
1
0
Other parties
1,756
0.1
0
–
Independents
70,189
3.8
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
12,199
–
–
–
Total 1,858,770 100 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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