Puerto Rican general election, 1972

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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 7 November 1972.[1] Rafael Hernández Colón of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was 80.4%.[2]

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Results

Governor

Candidate Party Votes %
Rafael Hernández Colón Popular Democratic Party 658,856 50.7
Luis A. Ferré New Progressive Party 563,609 43.4
Noel Colón Martínez Puerto Rican Independence Party 69,654 5.4
Other candidates 7,765 0.6
Invalid/blank votes
Total 1,250,978 100
Source: Nohlen

Note that the official data is inconsistent, as the total number of votes is less than the number of valid votes.[3]

House of Representatives

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Popular Democratic Party 48.7 37 +11
New Progressive Party 41.1 15 -10
Puerto Rican Independence Party 10.2 2 +2
Authentic Party for Sovereignty 0 New
People's Party 0 0
Union of Puerto Rico 0 New
Invalid/blank votes
Total 1,250,978 100 54 +3
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Popular Democratic Party 20 +5
New Progressive Party 8 -4
Puerto Rican Independence Party 1 +1
Invalid/blank votes
Total 29 +2
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 9780199283576
  2. ^ Nohlen, p553
  3. ^ Nohlen, p564