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1960 Puerto Rican general election

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Puerto Rican general election, 1960

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Turnout84.60%
 
Nominee Luis Muñoz Marín Luis A. Ferré
Party Popular Democratic PER
Alliance Independent Republican
Popular vote 459,759 253,242
Percentage 58.23% 32.08%

Election results map. Red denotes municipalities won by Marín, and black denotes those won by Ferré.

Governor before election

Luis Muñoz Marín
Popular Democratic

Elected Governor

Luis Muñoz Marín
Popular Democratic

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 8 November 1960.[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 was 84.6%.[2][3]

Results

Governor

Candidate Party Votes %
Luis Muñoz Marín (incumbent) Popular Democratic Party 459,759 58.2
Luis A. Ferré Republican Statehood Party 253,242 32.1
Salvador Perea Roselló Christian Action Party 52,275 6.6
Julio García Diaz Puerto Rican Independence Party 24,211 3.1
Invalid/blank votes 6,942
Total 796,429 100
Registered voters/turnout 941,034 84.6
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

Party Votes % Seats
Popular Democratic Party 62.4
Republican Union 34.3
Puerto Rican Independence Party 2.7
AC 0.6
Invalid/blank votes
Total 796,429 100
Registered voters/turnout 941,034 84.6
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p558
  3. ^ Nohlen, p563