General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 5 November 1968.[1]Luis A. Ferré of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was elected Governor. In the House of Representatives elections the PNP won a plurality of the vote, but the Popular Democratic Party won a majority of the seats. They also won a majority of seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 78%.[2]
1968, puerto, rican, general, election, general, elections, were, held, puerto, rico, november, 1968, luis, ferré, progressive, party, elected, governor, house, representatives, elections, plurality, vote, popular, democratic, party, majority, seats, they, als. General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 5 November 1968 1 Luis A Ferre of the New Progressive Party PNP was elected Governor In the House of Representatives elections the PNP won a plurality of the vote but the Popular Democratic Party won a majority of the seats They also won a majority of seats in the Senate Voter turnout was 78 2 1968 Puerto Rican general election 1964 November 5 1968 1972 Gubernatorial electionTurnout78 41 Nominee Luis A Ferre Luis Negron Lopez Roberto Sanchez Vilella Party New Progressive Popular Democratic People s Popular vote 400 815 374 040 107 359 Percentage 43 62 40 71 11 68 Results by municipalityGovernor before election Roberto Sanchez Vilella People s Elected Governor Luis A Ferre New ProgressiveResident Commissioner election Nominee Jorge Luis Cordova Santiago Polanco Abreu Alfredo Nazario Tirado Party New Progressive Popular Democratic People s Popular vote 400 544 384 998 94 519 Percentage 43 81 42 11 10 34 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Governor 1 2 Resident Commissioner 1 3 House of Representatives 1 4 Senate 2 ReferencesResults editGovernor edit CandidatePartyVotes Luis A FerreNew Progressive Party400 81543 62Luis Negron LopezPopular Democratic Party374 04040 71Roberto Sanchez VilellaPeople s Party107 35911 68Antonio J GonzalezPuerto Rican Independence Party32 1663 50Ramiro L ColonPartido Estadista Republicano4 4490 48Total918 829100 00Valid votes918 82999 57Invalid blank votes3 9930 43Total votes922 822100 00Registered voters turnout1 176 89578 41Source Nohlen Puerto Rico Election Archive Resident Commissioner edit CandidatePartyVotes Jorge Luis CordovaNew Progressive Party400 54443 81Santiago Polanco AbreuPopular Democratic Party384 99842 11Alfredo Nazario TiradoPeople s Party94 51910 34Juan Antonio AgostiniPuerto Rican Independence Party29 4913 23Nicolas Nogueras Jr Partido Estadista Republicano4 6460 51Total914 198100 00Source House of Representatives House of Representatives edit PartySeatsNew Progressive Party25Popular Democratic Party26People s Party0Puerto Rican Independence Party0Partido Estadista Republicano0Total51Source Nohlen Senate edit PartySeatsPopular Democratic Party15New Progressive Party12Puerto Rican Independence Party0Total27Source NohlenReferences edit Dieter Nohlen 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook Volume I p552 ISBN 978 0 19 928357 6 Nohlen p553 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1968 Puerto Rican general election amp oldid 1216514759 Resident Commissioner, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
