1992 Puerto Rican general election

1992 Puerto Rican general election
	Gubernatorial election
	Results by municipality
Governor before election; Rafael Hernández Colón; Popular Democratic	Elected Governor ; Pedro Rosselló; New Progressive
	Resident Commissioner election

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 3 November 1992.^[1] Pedro Rosselló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was elected Governor, whilst the PNP also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was between 82% and 84%.^[2]

Results edit

Governor edit


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Pedro Rosselló	New Progressive Party	938,969	49.90
	Victoria Muñoz Mendoza	Popular Democratic Party	862,989	45.86
	Fernando Martín García	Puerto Rican Independence Party	79,219	4.21
Other candidates			695	0.04
Total			1,881,872	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			2,242,381	–
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner edit


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Carlos Romero Barceló	New Progressive Party	904,067	48.60
	Antonio Colorado	Popular Democratic Party	891,176	47.91
	Victor García San Inocencio	Puerto Rican Independence Party	63,472	3.41
Other candidates			1,548	0.08
Total			1,860,263	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			2,242,381	–
Source: Nohlen, Elections Puerto Rico

House of Representatives edit


Party		At-large			District			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
	New Progressive Party	860,843	46.42	6	921,753	49.98	30	36	+21
	Popular Democratic Party	728,919	39.31	4	837,351	45.41	10	16	–20
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	262,235	14.14	1	83,810	4.54	0	1	–1
	Other parties	2,317	0.12	0	1,213	0.07	0	0	–
Total		1,854,314	100.00	11	1,844,127	100.00	40	53	0

Valid votes		1,854,314	99.35
Invalid votes		4,673	0.25
Blank votes		7,526	0.40
Total votes		1,866,513	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,242,381	83.24
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive

Senate edit


Party		At-large			District			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
	New Progressive Party	848,576	45.95	6	1,844,420	50.07	14	20	+12
	Popular Democratic Party	717,041	38.83	4	1,675,154	45.48	2	8	–10
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	209,009	11.32	1	162,213	4.40	0	1	0
	Other parties	1,756	0.10	0	1,659	0.05	0	0	–
	Independents	70,189	3.80	0				0	New
Total		1,846,571	100.00	11	3,683,446	100.00	16	29	+2

Valid votes		1,846,571	99.34
Invalid votes		4,673	0.25
Blank votes		7,526	0.40
Total votes		1,858,770	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,242,381	82.89
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive

References edit

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

[N1-1] 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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