General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 7, 2000.[1] Sila María Calderón of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected Governor, becoming the first woman to be elected for that office, whilst the PPD also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was between 80% and 82%.[2]
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Gubernatorial election | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by municipality Calderón: 40-50% 50-60% Pesquera: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Resident Commissioner election | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Results edit
Governor edit
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Sila María Calderón | Popular Democratic Party | 978,860 | 48.86 | |
Carlos Pesquera | New Progressive Party | 919,194 | 45.88 | |
Rubén Berríos Martínez | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 104,705 | 5.23 | |
Other candidates | 709 | 0.04 | ||
Total | 2,003,468 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 2,003,468 | 99.57 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 8,667 | 0.43 | ||
Total votes | 2,012,135 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,447,032 | 82.23 | ||
Source: Nohlen |
Resident Commissioner edit
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | Popular Democratic Party | 983,488 | 49.55 | |
Carlos Romero Barcelo | New Progressive Party | 905,690 | 45.63 | |
Manuel Rodríguez Orellana | Puerto Rican Independence Party | 95,067 | 4.79 | |
Other candidates | 571 | 0.03 | ||
Total | 1,984,816 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,984,816 | 99.57 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 8,667 | 0.43 | ||
Total votes | 1,993,483 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,447,032 | 81.47 | ||
Source: Nohlen |
House of Representatives edit
Party | At-large | District | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Popular Democratic Party | 857,614 | 44.34 | 5 | 934,611 | 47.90 | 25 | 30 | 14 | |
New Progressive Party | 851,506 | 44.02 | 5 | 902,708 | 46.26 | 15 | 20 | –17 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 224,765 | 11.62 | 1 | 112,592 | 5.77 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Other parties | 274 | 0.01 | 0 | 1,414 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1,934,159 | 100.00 | 11 | 1,951,325 | 100.00 | 40 | 51 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,934,159 | 99.03 | 1,951,325 | 99.04 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 18,962 | 0.97 | 18,962 | 0.96 | |||||
Total votes | 1,953,121 | 100.00 | 1,970,287 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,447,032 | 79.82 | 2,447,032 | 80.52 | |||||
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive, Puerto Rico Election Archive |
Senate edit
Party | At-large | District | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Popular Democratic Party | 855,013 | 44.31 | 5 | 1,850,091 | 48.05 | 14 | 19 | +11 | |
New Progressive Party | 856,886 | 44.41 | 6 | 1,778,197 | 46.18 | 2 | 8 | –11 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party | 217,390 | 11.27 | 1 | 221,411 | 5.75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Other parties | 142 | 0.01 | 0 | 676 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Total | 1,929,431 | 100.00 | 12 | 3,850,375 | 100.00 | 16 | 28 | – | |
Valid votes | 1,929,431 | 99.03 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 18,962 | 0.97 | |||||||
Total votes | 1,948,393 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,447,032 | 79.62 | |||||||
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
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