Elections in Puerto Rico

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Elections in Puerto Rico gives information on election and election results in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico elects on state level a governor and a legislature. The island's governor is elected for a four year term by the people.

The Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa in Spanish) has two chambers. The first chamber, the Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes in Spanish), has now 51 members each elected for a four year term and 40 elected in single-seat constituencies, 11 at large by proportional representation and 3 to allow the opposition to have one third of the seats. The second chamber, the Senate (Senado in Spanish), has 28 members, elected for a four year term, 16 members elected in two-seat constituencies and 11 at large by proportional representation and 1 to allow the opposition to have one-third of the seats.

Although Puerto Rico has a three-party system, the two parties that wish to maintain ties with the US government dominate; the third party, favoring independence, obtains only a small percentage of votes.

[edit] Latest elections

Main article: Puerto Rican general election, 2008

e • d Summary of the 4 November 2008 Puerto Rico governor **election results**
	Votes	%
Luis Fortuño - New Progressive Party	1,025,945	52.84
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá - Popular Democratic Party	801,053	41.26
Rogelio Figueroa - Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party	53,690	2.77
Edwin Irizarry Mora - Puerto Rican Independence Party	39,590	2.04
Precincts in: 100.00%		100.0
Source: (Spanish) [1]

Template:Puerto Rico House of Representatives election, 2008

[edit] Summary of the November 4, 2008 elections

Total		27	3,300,272	16		1,869,529	11			27
Party		Pre-Election Seats	District Votes	District Seats	% of Votes	At-Large Votes	At-Large Seats	% of Votes	+/-	Total
	New Progressive	17	1,576,542	16	47.4	913,907	6	48.4	+5	22
	Popular Democratic	9	1,566,217	0	47.1	818,770	5	43.4	-4	5
	Puerto Rican Independence	1	76,555	0	0.2	82,577	0	4.4	-1	0
	Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico	0	79,386	0	0.2	37,457	0	2.1	0	0
	Independent	0	-	0	0.0	16,269	0	0.9	0	0
	Others	0	1,572	0	0.0	549	0	0.0	0	0