Colonel William A. Phillips

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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 5 November 1996.[1] Pedro Rosselló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was re-elected Governor, whilst the PNP also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was between 80% and 82%.[2]

Results

Governor

CandidatePartyVotes%
Pedro RossellóNew Progressive Party1,006,33151.39
Héctor Luis AcevedoPopular Democratic Party875,85244.73
David Noriega RodríguezPuerto Rican Independence Party75,3053.85
Other candidates8080.04
Total1,958,296100.00
Valid votes1,958,29699.52
Invalid/blank votes9,4090.48
Total votes1,967,705100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,380,67682.65
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner

CandidatePartyVotes%
Carlos Romero BarcelóNew Progressive Party973,65450.01
Celeste BenítezPopular Democratic Party904,04846.43
Manuel Rodríguez OrellanaPuerto Rican Independence Party68,8283.54
Other candidates4400.02
Total1,946,970100.00
Valid votes1,946,97099.52
Invalid/blank votes9,4090.48
Total votes1,956,379100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,380,67682.18
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

PartyAt-largeDistrictTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
New Progressive Party906,69348.016960,49150.413137+1
Popular Democratic Party814,95243.154854,09744.829160
Puerto Rican Independence Party140,9647.46188,7904.66010
Other parties3460.0202,0930.11000
Independents25,7201.3600New
Total1,888,675100.00111,905,471100.004054+1
Valid votes1,888,67598.79
Invalid votes17,7050.93
Blank votes5,3960.28
Total votes1,911,776100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,380,67680.30
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive

Senate

PartyAt-largeDistrictTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
New Progressive Party886,45546.9761,889,23550.191319–1
Popular Democratic Party772,04440.9051,698,24045.12380
Puerto Rican Independence Party160,0058.481175,5004.66010
Other parties4580.0209450.03000
Independents68,4663.63000
Total1,887,428100.00123,763,920100.001628–1
Valid votes1,887,42898.79
Invalid votes5,3960.28
Blank votes17,7050.93
Total votes1,910,529100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,380,67680.25
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive

References

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