1976 Puerto Rican general election
November 2, 1976
Gubernatorial election
Turnout86.09%
 
Nominee Carlos Romero Barceló Rafael Hernández Colón Rubén Berríos
Party New Progressive Popular Democratic Independence
Alliance Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 703,968 660,401 82,037
Percentage 48.28% 45.29% 5.69%
Results by municipality
Governor before election

Rafael Hernández Colón
Popular Democratic

 Elected Governor

Carlos Romero Barceló
New Progressive

Resident Commissioner election
 
Nominee Baltasar Corrada del Río Jaime Benítez Rexach Baltasar Quiñones Elias
Party New Progressive Popular Democratic Independence
Alliance Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 705,162 663,160 72,988
Percentage 48.93% 46.01% 5.06%

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 2 November 1976.[1] Carlos Romero Barceló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was elected Governor, whilst the PNP also won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was 86.1%.[2]

Results

Governor

CandidatePartyVotes%
Carlos Romero BarcelóNew Progressive Party703,96848.28
Rafael Hernández ColónPopular Democratic Party660,40145.29
Rubén BerríosPuerto Rican Independence Party83,0375.69
Juan Mari BrásPuerto Rican Socialist Party10,7280.74
Total1,458,134100.00
Valid votes1,458,13499.56
Invalid/blank votes6,4660.44
Total votes1,464,600100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,701,21786.09
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner

CandidatePartyVotes%
Baltasar Corrada del RíoNew Progressive Party705,16248.93
Jaime Benítez RexachPopular Democratic Party663,16046.01
Baltasar Quiñones EliasPuerto Rican Independence Party72,9885.06
Total1,441,310100.00
Source: House of Representatives

House of Representatives

PartySeats+/–
New Progressive Party33+18
Popular Democratic Party18–19
Puerto Rican Independence Party0–2
Puerto Rican Socialist Party0New
Total51–3
Source: Nohlen

Senate

PartySeats+/–
New Progressive Party14+6
Popular Democratic Party13–7
Puerto Rican Independence Party0–1
Total27–2
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ↑ Nohlen, p553
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