Puerto Rican general election, 1952

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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 4 November 1952.^[1] Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party was re-elected as governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of the vote in the House of Representatives elections. Voter turnout in the House elections was 72.5%.^[2]

Results

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Luis Muñoz Marín	Popular Democratic Party	431,409	64.9
Francisco Milán	Puerto Rican Independence Party	126,228	19.0
Francisco López Domínguez	Republican Statehood Party	85,591	12.9
Luis Moczó	Socialist Party	21,719	3.3
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total		664,947	100
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Popular Democratic Party		64.8
Puerto Rican Independence Party		19.0
Republican Union		12.9
Socialist Party		3.3
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	640,714	100
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p557

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