General election were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government to serve from January 2017 to January 2021, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. Ricardo Rosselló was elected governor and Jenniffer González-Colón was elected Resident Commissioner. The elections saw a 23 percentage point drop in turnout and was the lowest voter turnout in Puerto Rican history.
Rossello would go on to serve a two-year term, having to resign on August 2, 2019 after protests as a result of the Telegramgate scandal. Wanda Vázquez Garced succeeded Rossello.
Before the election year, the Constitution of Puerto Rico provides for any qualified person to present their candidacy for a specific position. If two or more candidates from the same party present their candidacy for the same position, and they can't reach an agreement within the party, a primary election is held. This election is held within the inscribed members of each party, to select which of the candidates will represent the party in the general election.
The resident commissioner of Puerto Rico is the only member of the United States House of Representatives who is elected every four years instead of a two-year term. The resident commissioner and gubernatorial candidates run together as a ticket, like a governor/lieutenant governor ticket would run in the other states, but there are still separate general elections for each position.
The candidate from the New Progressive Party (PNP) Ricky Rosselló beat the candidate from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) David Bernier obtaining 42% of the votes against 39% for Bernier. Most notably, the two independent candidates – Alexandra Lúgaro and Manuel Cidre – managed to arrive in third and fourth place with 11% and 6% respectively. For the fourth election in a row, the candidate of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) failed to receive the required 3% of the votes to remain registered. The same result happened to Rafael Bernabe from the Working People's Party (PPT) for the second election in a row.
The numbers of legislators in this senate increased from 27 to 30, because the PNP won 21 of the 27 seats in contention, surpassing the two-thirds limit (18 seats). This automatically triggered Article Three of the Constitution of Puerto Rico which mandates that in such case new seats must be open for minority legislators. These new seats account for the number of seats the majority party surpassed (three seats in this election).
Despite losing most of the Senate and the House, the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) managed to win a majority of the mayoralty races in the island, with a total of 45 out of 78 municipalities. The New Progressive Party (PNP) won a total of 33.[5]
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General election were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday November 8 2016 to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government to serve from January 2017 to January 2021 most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rossello was elected governor and Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon was elected Resident Commissioner The elections saw a 23 percentage point drop in turnout and was the lowest voter turnout in Puerto Rican history 2016 Puerto Rican general election 2012 8 November 2016 2020 Gubernatorial electionTurnout55 33 22 78pp Nominee Ricardo Rossello David BernierParty New Progressive Popular DemocraticAlliance Democratic DemocraticPopular vote 660 510 614 190Percentage 41 75 38 82 Nominee Alexandra Lugaro Manuel CidreParty Independent IndependentPopular vote 175 831 90 494Percentage 11 11 5 72 Results by municipalityGovernor before electionAlejandro Garcia PadillaPopular Democratic Elected Governor Ricardo RosselloNew ProgressiveResident Commissioner election Candidate Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon Hector FerrerParty New Progressive Popular DemocraticAlliance Republican DemocraticPopular vote 718 591 695 073Percentage 48 59 47 00 Results by municipalityResident Commissioner before electionPedro PierluisiNew Progressive Elected Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez ColonNew ProgressiveRossello would go on to serve a two year term having to resign on August 2 2019 after protests as a result of the Telegramgate scandal Wanda Vazquez Garced succeeded Rossello Contents 1 Candidates 1 1 Nominations 1 1 1 New Progressive Party PNP 1 1 2 Popular Democratic Party PPD 1 1 3 Minor parties 1 1 4 Independents 1 2 Governor 1 3 Resident commissioner 1 4 Senate of Puerto Rico 1 4 1 At large 1 4 2 District 1 5 House of Representatives 1 5 1 At large 2 Results 2 1 Governor 2 2 Resident Commissioner 2 3 Senate 2 4 House of Representatives 2 5 Mayors 3 ReferencesCandidates editNominations edit Before the election year the Constitution of Puerto Rico provides for any qualified person to present their candidacy for a specific position If two or more candidates from the same party present their candidacy for the same position and they can t reach an agreement within the party a primary election is held This election is held within the inscribed members of each party to select which of the candidates will represent the party in the general election Both of the main parties New Progressive Party PNP and Popular Democratic Party PPD held primaries for several positions on June 5 2016 New Progressive Party PNP edit Main article 2016 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries The primaries were held on June 5 2016 to determine candidates for Governor of Puerto Rico the Senate House of Representatives and others In the race to be the party s gubernatorial candidate Ricardo Rossello defeated Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi Popular Democratic Party PPD edit Main article 2016 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries The primaries were held on June 5 2016 to determine several candidates for the Senate House of Representatives and others Minor parties edit Two minor parties officialized their gubernatorial candidates The Working People s Party PPT nominated Rafael Bernabe once again 1 The Puerto Rican Independence Party PIP nominated Maria de Lourdes Santiago Independents edit Two independent candidates expressed their interest in running for Governor Alexandra Lugaro attorney 2 Manuel Cidre businessman 3 Governor edit The official candidates for the position of Governor of Puerto Rico are David Bernier Popular Democratic Party PPD Ricky Rossello New Progressive Party PNP Maria de Lourdes Santiago Puerto Rican Independence Party PIP Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl Working People s Party of Puerto Rico PPT Alexandra Lugaro Independent candidate Manuel Cidre Independent candidateAlejandro Garcia Padilla the incumbent governor declined to run for re election 4 Resident commissioner edit The resident commissioner of Puerto Rico is the only member of the United States House of Representatives who is elected every four years instead of a two year term The resident commissioner and gubernatorial candidates run together as a ticket like a governor lieutenant governor ticket would run in the other states but there are still separate general elections for each position The official candidates for the position of Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico are Hector Ferrer Popular Democratic Party PPD Jenniffer Gonzalez New Progressive Party PNP Hugo Rodriguez Puerto Rican Independence Party PIP Mariana Nogales Working People s Party of Puerto Rico PPT Senate of Puerto Rico edit At large edit The ballot featured sixteen 16 candidates from four different parties and one independent candidate bold denotes incumbent candidates New Progressive Party PNP Zoe Laboy Abel Nazario Margarita Nolasco Itzamar Pena Thomas Rivera Schatz Larry SeilhamerPopular Democratic Party PPD Eduardo Bhatia Rossana Lopez Leon Jose Nadal Power Miguel Pereira Cirilo Tirado Rivera Anibal Jose Torres Other partiesJuan Dalmau PIP Amarilis Pagan PPT Jose Vargas Vidot independent District edit San JuanAngel Luigi Alicea PIP Ada Alvarez Conde PPD Edda Lopez Serrano PIP Henry Neumann PNP Ramon Luis Nieves PPD Miguel Romero PNP Maria Gisela Rosado Almedina PPT Maritza Stanchich PPT BayamonNoel Berrios Diaz PIP Carlos Cordova Iturregui PPT Jose A Ojeda Santos PIP Migdalia Padilla PNP Carmelo Rios Santiago PNP Ana Lydia Robles PPD Antonio J Serrano PPD Ivette Torres RoigAreciboJaime Bonel Gonzalez PIP Angel Chayanne Martinez PNP Angel Negron PIP Jose Joito Perez PNP Elizabeth Rosa Velez PPD Ruben Soto PPD Mayaguez AguadillaEfrain De Jesus PPD Juan Raul Mari Pesquera PIP Edwin Morales Perez PPT Luis Daniel Muniz PNP Gilberto Rodriguez PPD Pedro Resto Batalla PPT Samuel Soto Bosques PIP Evelyn Vazquez PNP PonceLuis Berdiel PNP Nelson Cruz PNP Angel Fourquet Cordero PPD Luis Enrique Martinez PIP Heriberto Quiles PPT Juan Rafael Rosario PIP Ramon Ruiz PPD GuayamaJose Bonilla Colon PIP Maria Yadira Diaz PIP Juan Pablo Hernandez PPD Carlos Rodriguez Mateo PNP Angel Rodriguez Otero PPD Axel Chino Roque PNP HumacaoJavier Cordova Iturregui PPT Jose Luis Dalmau PPD Luis Pickie Diaz PNP Miguel Laureano PNP Lydia Ortiz PIP Olivero Rivera PIP Jose Sotero Esteva PPT Jorge Suarez Caceres PPD CarolinaEric Correa PNP Marisol Quinones PIP Albert Santana PIP Angelica Molina PPT Luis Daniel Rivera PPD Pedro A Rodriguez PPD Isaac Santiago PPT Nayda Venegas PNP House of Representatives edit At large edit The ballot featured sixteen 16 candidates from four different parties bold denotes incumbent candidates New Progressive Party PNP Nestor Alonso Jose Aponte Jose E Melendez Ortiz Maria Milagros Charbonier Lourdes Ramos Jose Pichy Torres ZamoraPopular Democratic Party PPD Manuel Natal Albelo Jaime Perello Luis Vega Ramos Jesus Manuel Ortiz Jorge Colberg Toro Brenda Lopez de Arraras Other partiesDenis Marquez PIP Felix Cordova Iturregui PPT Results editGovernor edit The candidate from the New Progressive Party PNP Ricky Rossello beat the candidate from the Popular Democratic Party PPD David Bernier obtaining 42 of the votes against 39 for Bernier Most notably the two independent candidates Alexandra Lugaro and Manuel Cidre managed to arrive in third and fourth place with 11 and 6 respectively For the fourth election in a row the candidate of the Puerto Rican Independence Party PIP failed to receive the required 3 of the votes to remain registered The same result happened to Rafael Bernabe from the Working People s Party PPT for the second election in a row CandidatePartyVotes Ricardo RosselloNew Progressive Party660 51041 75David BernierPopular Democratic Party614 19038 82Alexandra LugaroIndependent175 83111 11Manuel CidreIndependent90 4945 72Maria de Lourdes SantiagoPuerto Rican Independence Party33 7292 13Rafael Bernabe RiefkohlWorking People s Party5 4300 34Write ins1 7760 11Total1 581 960100 00Valid votes1 581 96099 71Invalid votes7080 04Blank votes3 8830 24Total votes1 586 551100 00Registered voters turnout2 867 55755 33Source CEEPURResident Commissioner edit CandidatePartyVotes Jenniffer Gonzalez ColonNew Progressive Party718 59148 59Hector FerrerPopular Democratic Party695 07347 00Hugo RodriguezPuerto Rican Independence Party39 7042 68Mariana Nogales MolinelliWorking People s Party19 0331 29Write ins6 4150 43Total1 478 816100 00Valid votes1 478 81699 69Invalid votes7120 05Blank votes3 8830 26Total votes1 483 411100 00Registered voters turnout2 867 55751 73Source CEEPURSenate edit The numbers of legislators in this senate increased from 27 to 30 because the PNP won 21 of the 27 seats in contention surpassing the two thirds limit 18 seats This automatically triggered Article Three of the Constitution of Puerto Rico which mandates that in such case new seats must be open for minority legislators These new seats account for the number of seats the majority party surpassed three seats in this election PartyAt largeDistrictTotalseatsVotes SeatsVotes SeatsNew Progressive Party664 55345 3061 440 05050 381521Popular Democratic Party503 63034 3361 210 90342 3617Puerto Rican Independence Party130 5838 901150 9045 2801Working People s Party9 9570 68053 3351 8700Other parties5380 0403 2980 1200Independents157 78810 7611Total1 467 049100 00142 858 490100 001630Valid votes1 467 04999 13Invalid votes9530 06Blank votes11 8720 80Total votes1 479 874100 00Registered voters turnout2 867 55751 61Source Puerto Rico Election ArchiveHouse of Representatives edit PartyAt largeDistrictTotalseatsVotes SeatsVotes SeatsNew Progressive Party705 75348 576750 84050 222834Popular Democratic Party605 88741 704644 31643 091216Puerto Rican Independence Party121 0668 33171 4424 7801Working People s Party19 5371 34022 1691 4800Other parties8660 0602 7800 1900Independents3 6970 2500Total1 453 109100 00111 495 244100 004051Valid votes1 453 10999 131 495 24499 15Invalid votes9530 079530 06Blank votes11 8720 8111 8720 79Total votes1 465 934100 001 508 069100 00Registered voters turnout2 867 55751 122 867 55752 59Source Puerto Rico Election ArchiveMayors edit Despite losing most of the Senate and the House the Popular Democratic Party PPD managed to win a majority of the mayoralty races in the island with a total of 45 out of 78 municipalities The New Progressive Party PNP won a total of 33 5 PartyMayoraltiesPopular Democratic Party45New Progressive Party33Puerto Rican Independence Party0Working People s Party0Total78Source CEEPURReferences edit Bernabe aspirara nuevamente a la gobernacion por el PPT El Nuevo Dia October 25 2015 Retrieved November 29 2015 Figueroa Alex March 17 2015 Abogada Alexandra Lugaro oficializa su candidatura independiente para la gobernacion Primera Hora Retrieved December 1 2015 Manuel Cidre oficializa candidatura independiente a la gobernacion Metro December 1 2015 Retrieved December 1 2015 Puerto Rico governor will not seek reelection Yahoo December 15 2015 Archived from the original on December 22 2015 Retrieved December 15 2015 Informe Estadistico EG2016 Parte1 PDF Comision Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico in Spanish Archived from the original PDF on 6 January 2020 Retrieved 15 June 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 Puerto Rican general election amp oldid 1197220148, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
