24th Senate of Puerto Rico
| 24th Senate of Puerto Rico | |||||||||
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| Length of term | 4 years | ||||||||
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| 16th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico | |||||||||
| Lower house | |||||||||
| 28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico | |||||||||
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The 24th New Progressive Party (PNP).
The body is counterparted by the 28th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the lower house.
Leadership
| Position | Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|---|
| President of the Senate | Thomas Rivera Schatz | PNP | At-Large |
| President pro Tempore | Margarita Nolasco Santiago | PNP | At-Large |
| Majority Leader | Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez |
PNP | V |
| Majority Whip | Luz Arce Ferrer | PNP | At-large |
| Minority Leader | José Luis Dalmau | PPD | At-Large |
| Minority Whip | Eduardo Bhatia | PPD | At-Large |
Members
Summary
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PNP
|
PPD
|
Ind | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature | 17 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| Begin | 22 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| January 28, 2012[1] | 20 | 28 | 3 | ||
| Latest voting share | 72.4% | 27.6% | |||
Membership
| District | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
San Juan
|
Liza Fernández Rodríguez | PNP |
| Kimmey Raschke Martínez | PNP | |
Bayamón
|
Migdalia Padilla Alvelo | PNP |
| Carmelo Ríos Santiago | PNP | |
Arecibo
|
José Emilio González Velázquez | PNP |
Angel Martínez Santiago
|
PNP | |
Aguadilla
|
Luis Daniel Muñiz Cortes
|
PNP |
| Evelyn Vázquez Nieves | PNP | |
Ponce
|
Luis A. Berdiel Rivera | PNP |
Larry Seilhamer Rodriguez
|
PNP | |
Guayama
|
Miguel Rodríguez | PNP |
| Carlos J. Torres Torres | PNP | |
Humacao
|
José R. Díaz Hernández
|
PNP |
Luz M. Santiago Gonzalez
|
PNP | |
Carolina
|
Roger Iglesias | PNP |
Lornna Soto Villanueva
|
PNP | |
| At-Large | Luz Arce Ferrer | PNP |
| Eduardo Bhatia | PPD | |
| Norma Burgos | PNP | |
| José Luis Dalmau | PPD | |
Antonio Fas Alzamora |
PPD | |
| Alejandro García Padilla | PPD | |
| Sila María González Calderón | PPD | |
| Juan Eugenio Hernández Mayoral | PPD | |
| Margarita Nolasco Santiago | PNP | |
Angel Rodríguez Otero |
PPD | |
| Itzamar Peña Ramírez | PNP | |
| Thomas Rivera Schatz | PNP | |
| Melinda Romero Donnelly | PNP | |
| Cirilo Tirado Rivera | PPD | |
| Jorge Suárez Cáceres | PPD |
| Party | At-large | District | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| New Progressive Party | 886,196 | 48.12 | 6 | 1,887,968 | 51.20 | 16 | 22 | |
| Popular Democratic Party | 803,415 | 43.63 | 9 | 1,632,545 | 44.28 | 0 | 9 | |
| Puerto Rican Independence Party | 90,171 | 4.90 | 0 | 80,920 | 2.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party | 38,103 | 2.07 | 0 | 84,437 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other parties | 412 | 0.02 | 0 | 1,224 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 23,158 | 1.26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1,841,455 | 100.00 | 15 | 3,687,094 | 100.00 | 16 | 31 | |
| Valid votes | 1,841,455 | 98.95 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 8,428 | 0.45 | ||||||
| Blank votes | 11,055 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Total votes | 1,860,938 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,458,036 | 75.71 | ||||||
| Source: Puerto Rico Election Archive | ||||||||
References
- ^ New Progressive Roberto Arango (District I) resigned [1]