1948 Puerto Rican general election
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General elections were held in
Popular Democratic Party won the gubernatorial elections with 61% of the vote, becoming the first ever popularly elected governor of Puerto Rico.[2]
Results
Governor
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Luis Muñoz Marín | Popular Democratic Party | 392,386 | 61.24 | |
Martín Travieso | PEP–PS–PRP | 182,977 | 28.56 | |
Francisco Susoni | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 65,351 | 10.20 | |
Total | 640,714 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 873,085 | – | ||
Source: Nohlen |
Resident Commissioner
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Antonio Fernós-Isern | Popular Democratic Party | 392,033 | 61.38 | |
Luis A. Ferré | PEP–PS–PRP | 180,513 | 28.26 | |
Rafael Arjona-Siaca | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 66,141 | 10.36 | |
Total | 638,687 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 873,085 | – | ||
Source: Nolla |
Senate
At-large senators
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
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Samuel R. Quiñones | Popular Democratic Party | 132,381 | 20.75 | Elected | |
Victor Gutiérrez Franqui | Popular Democratic Party | 131,073 | 20.55 | Elected | |
Ramón Barreto Pérez | Popular Democratic Party | 128,600 | 20.16 | Elected | |
Bolívar Pagán | PS–PRP | 91,859 | 14.40 | Elected | |
Celestino Iriarte Miró | Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño | 87,758 | 13.76 | Elected | |
Gilberto Concepción de Gracia | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 37,952 | 5.95 | ||
José Luis Feliú Pesquera | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 28,219 | 4.42 | ||
Total | 637,842 | 100.00 | |||
Source: Nolla |
District senators
Party | Class 1 | Class 2 | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Popular Democratic Party | 392,111 | 61.46 | 7 | 392,275 | 61.48 | 7 | 14 | |
PEP–PS–PRP | 179,744 | 28.17 | 0 | 179,713 | 28.17 | 0 | 0 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 66,106 | 10.36 | 0 | 66,065 | 10.35 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 637,961 | 100.00 | 7 | 638,053 | 100.00 | 7 | 14 | |
Source: Nolla |
House of Representatives
At-large representatives
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
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Benjamín Ortiz | Popular Democratic Party | 132,392 | 20.76 | Elected | |
Pedro Vega Berrios | Popular Democratic Party | 131,005 | 20.54 | Elected | |
Ernesto Ramos Antonini | Popular Democratic Party | 128,644 | 20.17 | Elected | |
Leopoldo Figueroa | PEP–PRP | 115,511 | 18.11 | Elected | |
Antonio Reyes Delgado | Socialist Party | 64,152 | 10.06 | ||
Baltazar Quiñones Elías | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 37,549 | 5.89 | ||
Fernando Milán Jr. | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 28,606 | 4.48 | ||
Total | 637,859 | 100.00 | |||
Source: Nolla |
District representatives
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Popular Democratic Party | 389,127 | 60.70 | 35 | |
PEP–PS–PRP | 179,617 | 28.02 | 0 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 67,461 | 10.52 | 0 | |
Criollo Party | 4,885 | 0.76 | 0 | |
Total | 641,090 | 100.00 | 35 | |
Source: Nolla |
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p562