2012 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico

The election for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 6, 2012, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States general elections, 2012.

The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is the only member of the United States House of Representatives who is elected every four years instead of a two-year term.

Incumbent Resident Representative Pedro Pierluisi of the New Progressive Party (NPP) (who caucuses with the Democratic Party), who was first elected in 2008, narrowly won reelection for a second term.^[1] Pierluisi defeated his closest opponent, Rafael Cox Alomar of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (PPD) by almost 1.3%.^[1]

Election results[]

Election results, Resident Representative to the United States House of Representatives, November 6, 2012^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Progressive	Pedro Pierluisi (inc.)	905,066	48.44
	Popular Democratic	Rafael Cox Alomar	881,181	47.16
	Puerto Rican Independence		38,941	2.08
	Worker's People Party of Puerto Rico		13,120	0.70
	Movimiento Unión Soberanista		11,764	0.63
	Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico		5,647	0.30
	Independent	Others/Write-in candidates	12,761	0.68
Total votes			1,868,480	100
	New Progressive hold

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuno loses re-election". Voxxi. 2012-11-07. Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2012election.pdf

External links[]

Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuno loses re-election

[voxxi-1] "Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuno loses re-election". Voxxi. 2012-11-07. Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2012-11-10.

[2] ttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2012election.pdf

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