2016 Puerto Rican general election

none February 2026 January 2025 Puerto Rico 2012 Puerto Rican general election 2012 2020 Puerto Rican general election 2020 November 8, 2016 yes presidential Gubernatorial election 55.33% ( 22.78pp) Ricardo Rosselló in 2016.png Ricardo Rosselló New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) Democratic Party (United States) 660,510 41.75% David Bernier in 2016.png David Bernier Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) Democratic Party (United States) 614,190 38.82% Alexandra Lúgaro in 2016.png Alexandra Lúgaro Independent politician 175,831 11.11% Manuel Cidre.png Manuel Cidre Independent politician 90,494 5.72% Puerto Rico Governor Municipalities 2016.svg Results by municipalityRosselló: #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% Bernier: #FFC8CD 30–40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% Governor Alejandro García Padilla Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) Ricardo Rosselló New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) yes presidential Resident Commissioner election Official portrait of Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez (cropped).jpg Jenniffer González-Colón New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) Republican Party (United States) 718,591 48.59% 3x4.svg Héctor Ferrer Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) Democratic Party (United States) 695,073 47.00% Puerto Rico RC Municipalities 2016.svg Results by municipalityGonzález: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% Ferrer: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) Jenniffer González-Colón New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) General elections 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. Candidates Nominations 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) 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 Rosselló defeated Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi Popular Democratic Party (PPD) 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 Two minor parties officialized their gubernatorial candidates. The Working People's Party (PPT) nominated Rafael Bernabe once again.http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/nota/bernabeaspiraranuevamentealagobernacionporelppt-2117162/ Bernabe aspirará nuevamente a la gobernación por el PPT El Nuevo Día October 25, 2015 November 29, 2015 The Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) nominated María de Lourdes Santiago. Independents Two independent candidates expressed their interest in running for Governor: Alexandra Lúgaro, attorneyhttp://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/nota/abogadaalexandralugarooficializasucandidaturaindependienteparalagobernacion-1071516/ Abogada Alexandra Lúgaro oficializa su candidatura independiente para la gobernación Primera Hora Figueroa, Alex March 17, 2015 December 1, 2015 Manuel Cidre, businessmanhttp://www.metro.pr/noticias/manuel-cidre-oficializa-candidatura-independiente-a-la-gobernacion/pGXola!Rk6m9jiBM9G96/ Manuel Cidre oficializa candidatura independiente a la gobernación Metro December 1, 2015 December 1, 2015 Governor The official candidates for the position of Governor of Puerto Rico are: David Bernier, Popular Democratic Party (PPD) Ricky Rosselló, New Progressive Party (PNP) María de Lourdes Santiago, Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl, Working People's Party of Puerto Rico (PPT) Alexandra Lúgaro, Independent candidate Manuel Cidre, Independent candidate Alejandro García Padilla, the incumbent governor declined to run for re-election.https://news.yahoo.com/puerto-rico-governor-not-seek-reelection-232840409.html Puerto Rico governor will not seek reelection Yahoo December 15, 2015 December 15, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112101/http://news.yahoo.com/puerto-rico-governor-not-seek-reelection-232840409.html December 22, 2015 live Resident commissioner 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: Héctor Ferrer, Popular Democratic Party (PPD) Jenniffer González, New Progressive Party (PNP) Hugo Rodríguez, Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) Mariana Nogales, Working People's Party of Puerto Rico (PPT) Senate of Puerto Rico At-large The ballot featured sixteen (16) candidates from four different parties and one independent candidate (bold denotes incumbent candidates) New Progressive Party (PNP) Zoé Laboy Abel Nazario Margarita Nolasco Itzamar Peña Thomas Rivera Schatz Larry Seilhamer Popular Democratic Party (PPD) Eduardo Bhatia Rossana López León José Nadal Power Miguel Pereira Cirilo Tirado Rivera Aníbal José TorresOther parties Juan Dalmau (PIP) Amarilis Pagán (PPT) José Vargas Vidot (independent) District San Juan Angel "Luigi" Alicea (PIP) Ada Álvarez Conde (PPD) Edda López Serrano (PIP) Henry Neumann (PNP) Ramón Luis Nieves (PPD) Miguel Romero (PNP) María Gisela Rosado Almedina (PPT) Maritza Stanchich (PPT) Bayamón Noel Berríos Díaz (PIP) Carlos Córdova Iturregui (PPT) José A. Ojeda Santos (PIP) Migdalia Padilla (PNP) Carmelo Ríos Santiago (PNP) Ana Lydia Robles (PPD) Antonio J. Serrano (PPD) Ivette Torres Roig Arecibo Jaime Bonel González (PIP) Angel "Chayanne" Martínez (PNP) Angel Negrón (PIP) José "Joito" Pérez (PNP) Elizabeth Rosa Vélez (PPD) Rubén Soto (PPD) Mayagüez-Aguadilla Efraín De Jesús (PPD) Juan Raúl Mari Pesquera (PIP) Edwin Morales Pérez (PPT) Luis Daniel Muñíz (PNP) Gilberto Rodríguez (PPD) Pedro Resto Batalla (PPT) Samuel Soto Bosques (PIP) Evelyn Vázquez (PNP)Ponce Luis Berdiel (PNP) Nelson Cruz (PNP) Angel Fourquet Cordero (PPD) Luis Enrique Martínez (PIP) Heriberto Quiles (PPT) Juan Rafael Rosario (PIP) Ramón Ruiz (PPD) Guayama José Bonilla Colón (PIP) María Yadira Díaz (PIP) Juan Pablo Hernández (PPD) Carlos Rodríguez Mateo (PNP) Angel Rodríguez Otero (PPD) Axel "Chino" Roque (PNP) Humacao Javier Córdova Iturregui (PPT) José Luis Dalmau (PPD) Luis "Pickie" Díaz (PNP) Miguel Laureano (PNP) Lydia Ortíz (PIP) Olivero Rivera (PIP) José Sotero Esteva (PPT) Jorge Suárez Cáceres (PPD) Carolina Eric Correa (PNP) Marisol Quiñones (PIP) Albert Santana (PIP) Angélica Molina (PPT) Luis Daniel Rivera (PPD) Pedro A. Rodríguez (PPD) Isaac Santiago (PPT) Nayda Venegas (PNP) House of Representatives At-large The ballot featured sixteen (16) candidates from four different parties (bold denotes incumbent candidates) New Progressive Party (PNP) Néstor Alonso José Aponte José E. Meléndez Ortíz María Milagros Charbonier Lourdes Ramos José "Pichy" Torres Zamora Popular Democratic Party (PPD) Manuel Natal Albelo Jaime Perelló Luis Vega Ramos Jesús Manuel Ortíz Jorge Colberg Toro Brenda López de ArrarásOther parties Denis Márquez (PIP) Félix Córdova Iturregui (PPT) Results Governor 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. It was the first time since 1964 that one of the two main parties received less than 40% of the vote and the first time since 1968 that a third-party candidate received more than 10% of the vote.https://electionspuertorico.org/cgi-bin/municipalities.cgi?municipio=pr&1956=on&1960=on&1964=on&1968=on&1972=on&1976=on&1980=on&1984=on&1988=on&1992=on&1996=on&2000=on&2004=on&2008=on&2012=on&2016=on&2020=on Results Lookup - Islandwide Totals Elecciones en Puerto Rico / Elections in Puerto Rico 26 July 2024 Ricardo Rosselló New Progressive Party 660510 David Bernier Popular Democratic Party 614190 Alexandra Lúgaro Independent 175831 Manuel Cidre Independent 90494 María de Lourdes Santiago Puerto Rican Independence Party 33729 Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl Working People's Party 5430 Write-ins 1776 708 3883 2867557 CEEPUR Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón New Progressive Party 718591 Héctor Ferrer Popular Democratic Party 695073 Hugo Rodríguez Puerto Rican Independence Party 39704 Mariana Nogales Molinelli Working People's Party 19033 Write-ins 6415 712 3883 2867557 CEEPUR Senate 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). At-large District New Progressive Party 664553 6 1440050 15 21 Popular Democratic Party 503630 6 1210903 1 7 Puerto Rican Independence Party 130583 1 150904 0 1 Working People's Party 9957 0 53335 0 0 Other parties 538 0 3298 0 0 Independents 157788 1 1 953 11872 2867557 Puerto Rico Election Archive House of Representatives At-large District New Progressive Party 705753 6 750840 28 34 Popular Democratic Party 605887 4 644316 12 16 Puerto Rican Independence Party 121066 1 71442 0 1 Working People's Party 19537 0 22169 0 0 Other parties 866 0 2780 0 0 Independents 3697 0 0 953 953 11872 11872 2867557 2867557 Puerto Rico Election Archive Mayors 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.Informe Estadistico EG2016 - Parte1 http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Documents/Informe%20Estadistico%20EG2016%20-%20Parte1.pdf Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico 15 June 2020 es 6 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200106041152/http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Documents/Informe%20Estadistico%20EG2016%20-%20Parte1.pdf dead Mayoralties Popular Democratic Party 45 New Progressive Party 33 Puerto Rican Independence Party 0 Working People's Party 0 CEEPUR References General Puerto Rico Category:General elections in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Category:United States House of Representatives elections in Puerto Rico Category:Puerto Rico gubernatorial elections Puerto Rico Puerto Rico