1956 Puerto Rican general election

1956 Puerto Rican general election

November 6, 1956
Gubernatorial election
Turnout	80.37%
Nominee Luis Muñoz Marín Luis A. Ferré Francisco Susoni Party Popular Democratic PER Independence Popular vote 435,256 174,683 86,636 Percentage 62.51% 25.08% 12.44%
Results by municipality Muñoz:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%
Governor before election Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic Elected Governor Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic
Resident Commissioner election
Nominee Antonio Fernós-Isern Antonio Ortíz Toro Marco A. Ramírez Party Popular Democratic PER Independence Popular vote 434,256 173,580 86,886 Percentage 62.51% 24.99% 12.51%

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 6, 1956.[1] Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was re-elected as governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of seats in the legislative elections. Voter turnout was 80%.[2][3]

Results

Governor

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Luis Muñoz Marín	Popular Democratic Party	435,255	62.49
	Luis A. Ferré	Partido Estadista Republicano	174,683	25.08
	Francisco Susoni	Puerto Rican Independence Party	86,636	12.44
Total			696,574	100.00
Valid votes			696,574	99.26
Invalid/blank votes			5,164	0.74
Total votes			701,738	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			873,085	80.37
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Antonio Fernós-Isern	Popular Democratic Party	434,256	62.51
	Antonio Ortíz Toro	Partido Estadista Republicano	173,580	24.99
	Marco A. Ramírez	Puerto Rican Independence Party	86,886	12.51
Total			694,722	100.00
Source: Nolla

Senate

Party		District class I			District class II			At-large			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Popular Democratic Party	434,123	62.51	8	434,030	62.52	8	434,109	62.54	7	23
	Partido Estadista Republicano	173,472	24.98	0	173,419	24.98	0	173,240	24.96	3	3
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	86,839	12.51	0	86,751	12.50	0	86,789	12.50	3	3
Total		694,434	100.00	8	694,200	100.00	8	694,138	100.00	13	29
Source: Nolla

House of Representatives

Party		District			At-large			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Popular Democratic Party	432,397	62.43	40	434,463	63.46	7	47
	Partido Estadista Republicano	172,639	24.93	0	173,275	25.31	3	3
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	87,546	12.64	0	76,903	11.23	6	6
Total		692,582	100.00	40	684,641	100.00	16	56
Source: Nolla

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
2. Nohlen, p557
3. Nohlen, p563