2012 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election

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2012 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election
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Nominee Carmen Yulín Cruz Jorge Santini
Party Popular Democratic New Progressive
Popular vote 87,313 81,005
Percentage 50.54% 46.89%

Mayor before election

Jorge Santini
New Progressive

Elected Mayor

Carmen Yulín Cruz
Popular Democratic

The 2012 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election was held on November 6, 2012 to elect the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Among other elections, it was held concurrently with the 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election. It saw the election of Popular Democracy Party nominee Carmen Yulín Cruz ho unseated incumbent New Progressive Party mayor Jorge Santini.

Nominees[]

  • Carmen Yulín Cruz (Popular Democracy Party), member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives since 2009
  • Jorge Santini Padilla (New Progressive Party), incumbent mayor since 2001
  • Luis Roberto Piñero (Puerto Rican Independence Party)
  • Tito Román Rivera (Working People's Party)

Results[]

San Juan mayoral election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Popular Democratic Carmen Yulín Cruz (incumbent) 87,313 50.54
New Progressive Jorge Santini Padilla 81,005 46.89
Puerto Rican Independence Luis Roberto Piñero 2,633 1.52
Working People's Party José "Tito" Román Rivera 900 0.52
Write-In Others 915 0.53
Total votes 172,766 100

See also[]

  • 2012 Puerto Rican general election

References[]

  1. ^ "CEE Event". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. November 16, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
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