2020 Puerto Rico Senate election

2020 Puerto Rico Senate elections

November 3, 2020
All 27 seats in the Senate of Puerto Rico 14 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader José Luis Dalmau Thomas Rivera Schatz Ana Irma Rivera Lassén Party Popular Democratic New Progressive Citizens' Victory Leader since January 2, 2021 January 2, 2017 January 2, 2021 Seats before 7[a] 21 0 Seats after 12 10 2 Seat change 5 11 2 Popular vote 1,158,166 1,198,707 445,996 Percentage 34.63% 35.85% 13.34%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader María de Lourdes Santiago Joanne Rodríguez Veve Vargas Vidot Party Independence Project Dignity Independent Leader since January 2, 2021 January 2, 2021 January 2, 2017 Seats before 1 0 1 Seats after 1 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 330,301 143,692 67,151 Percentage 9.88% 4.30% 2.01%
Election results:      PPD gain      PPD hold      PNP hold      MVC gain      PD gain      PIP hold      Independent hold
President of the Senate before election Thomas Rivera Schatz New Progressive Elected President of the Senate José Dalmau Santiago Popular Democratic

The 2020 Puerto Rico Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the members of the 27th Senate of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the Governor, the Resident Commissioner, the House of Representatives, and the mayors of the 78 municipalities. The winners will be elected to a four-year term from January 2, 2021, to January 2, 2025.

The New Progressive Party lost their two-thirds super-majority, but the Popular Democratic Party failed to win the 14 seats needed for a majority. The Puerto Rican Independence Party and Independent senator Vargas Vidot retained their seats, while the Citizen's Victory Movement and Project Dignity gained 2 and 1 seats respectively. José Luis Dalmau (PPD) was elected Senate President on January 2.

Summary

There are 88 candidates running for senator:

• New Progressive Party (PNP) have 22 candidates, 15 of which are incumbent.
• Popular Democratic Party (PPD) have 22 candidates, 2 of which are incumbent.
• Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) have 19 candidates.
• Citizen's Victory Movement (MVC) have 19 candidates.
• Project Dignity (PD) have 5 candidates.
• 1 candidate is independent, 1 of which is incumbent.

Senate Composition

26th Senate of Puerto Rico (2017-2021)

PNP1	PNP2	PNP3	PNP4	PNP5	PNP6	PNP7	PNP8	PNP9
PNP10	PNP11	PNP12	PNP13	PNP14	PNP15	PNP16	PNP17	PNP18
PNP19	PNP20	PNP21	PPD1	PPD2	PPD3	PPD4	PPD5[a]	PPD6[a]
PPD7[a]	PIP1	IND1

27th Senate of Puerto Rico (2021-2025)

PPD1	PPD2	PPD3	PPD4	PPD5	PPD6	PPD7	PPD8	PPD9
PPD10	PPD11	PPD12	PNP1	PNP2	PNP3	PNP4	PNP5	PNP6
PPD7	PPD8	PPD9	PPD10	MVC1	MVC2	PIP1	PD1	IND1

Results

Summary

Parties		District			At-large			Total seats	Composition	±%
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Popular Democratic Party (PPD)	797,203	36.50%	10	377,195	31.21%	2	12	12 / 27	9
	New Progressive Party (PNP)	814,941	37.32%	6	402,774	33.33%	4	10	10 / 27	12
	Citizen's Victory Movement (MVC)	315,931	14.46%	0	133,069	11.01%	2	2	2 / 27	2
	Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP)	198,093	9.07%	0	136,679	11.32%	1	1	1 / 27	1
	Project Dignity (PD)	57,465	2.63%	0	88,716	7.35%	1	1	1 / 27	1
	Independents	0	0%	0	69,810	5.78%	1	1	1 / 27	1
Total		2,183,633	100.0	16	1,208,243	100.0	11	27

Senator At-Large

2020 At-Large Senate Election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independence	María de Lourdes Santiago	136,679	11.29%	N/A
	Project Dignity	Joanne Rodríguez Veve	88,716	7.33%	N/A
	New Progressive	William Villafañe	81,863	6.76%	N/A
	New Progressive	Thomas Rivera Schatz (incumbent)	80,139	6.62%	3.74
	Popular Democratic	Juan Zaragoza Gómez	73,809	6.09%	N/A
	Popular Democratic	José Dalmau Santiago (incumbent)	71,896	5.94%	N/A
	Independent	José Vargas Vidot (incumbent)	69,810	5.76%	4.97
	Citizens' Victory	Ana Irma Rivera Lassén	68,760	5.68%	N/A
	Citizens' Victory	Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl	64,309	5.31%	N/A
	New Progressive	Gregorio Matías (incumbent)	64,140	5.30%	N/A
	New Progressive	Keren Riquelme	63,154	5.21%	N/A
	Popular Democratic	Aníbal José Torres (incumbent)	61,202	5.05%	0.56
	Popular Democratic	Brenda López de Arrarás	59,961	4.95%	N/A
	New Progressive	Itzamar Peña Ramírez (incumbent)	57,220	4.72%	2.33
	Popular Democratic	Ada Álvarez Conde	55,677	4.80%	N/A
	New Progressive	Carlos Rodríguez Mateo (incumbent)	56,258	4.65%	N/A
	Popular Democratic	Luis Vega Ramos	54,650	4.51%	N/A
Total votes			1,208,243	52.32%	0.13

Every party has a seat in the senate, making it the first time since 2004 that all parties are represented. María de Lourdes Santiago placed 1st for the second time (1st being 2012) and won a third non-consecutive term; Joanne Rodríguez Veve came in 2nd place, while Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz came in 4th place, losing 3.74% of the vote relative to his last performance.

Senator by District

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I San Juan

2020 Puerto Rico San Juan District Election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Henry Neumann (incumbent)	52,492	19.81%	5.20
	New Progressive	Nitza Morán	44,063	16.63%	N/A
	Citizens' Victory	Rosa Seguí Cordero	35,739	13.49%	N/A
	Popular Democratic	Jesús Manuel Laboy	34,639	13.07%	N/A
	Popular Democratic	Claribel Martínez Marmolejos	33,651	12.57%	N/A
	Citizens' Victory	Marilú Guzmán	31,651	11.94%	N/A
	Independence	Adriana Guitiérrez Colón	18,091	6.83%	N/A
	Independence	Andrés González Berdecia	15,037	5.67%	N/A
Turnout			265,025	53.28%	1.13

II Bayamón

2020 Bayamón District Election[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Carmelo Rios (incumbent)	52,108	20.69%	7.69
	New Progressive	Migdalia Padilla Alvelo (incumbent)	50,009	19.86%	7.83
	Popular Democratic	Magdiel Colon	32,978	13.10%	N/A
	Popular Democratic	Carlos Roberto Hyland	32,239	12.80%	N/A
	Citizens' Victory	Myrna Conty	26,712	10.61%	N/A
	Citizens' Victory	Ruthie Arroyo	23,108	9.18%	N/A
	Independence	Hugo Rodríguez Díaz	17,520	6.96%	N/A
	Independence	Yelitza Lucena Quiles	17,136	6.81	N/A
Turnout			251,810	51.70%	2.75

III Arecibo

2020 Arecibo District Election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Elizabeth Rosa Vélez	55,592	19.09%	1.21
	Popular Democratic	Rubén Soto Rivera	55,051	18.91%	1.41
	New Progressive	Ángel Martínez (incumbent)	54,824	18.83%	8.55
	New Progressive	José Pérez Rosa (incumbent)	54,744	18.80%	8.58
	Citizens' Victory	Yamira Colón Rosa	19,649	6.74%	N/A
	Citizens' Victory	Annette Jiménez Collet	17,041	5.85%	N/A
	Project Dignity	Arnaldo López Rosado	15,881	5.45%	N/A
	Independence	Luis Romero Nieves	11,042	3.79%	N/A
	Independence	Roberto Rivera Olivencia	7,357	2.53%	N/A
Turnout			291,181	52.72%	3.71

IV Mayagüez-Aguadilla

2020 Mayagüez-Aguadilla District Election[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Ada Garciá Montes	60,068	21.07%	N/A
	Popular Democratic	Migdalia González	59,204	20.77%	N/A
	New Progressive	Marcos Gonzalez	54,332	19.06%	N/A
	New Progressive	Luis Daniel Muñiz (incumbent)	54,111	18.98	6.13
	Citizens' Victory	Marisol Vega	17,743	6.22%	N/A
	Citizens' Victory	Luis Ferren	16,664	5.50%	N/A
	Independence	Luis Casiano Rodríguez	12,556	4.40%	N/A
	Independence	Juan Mari Pesquera	11,375	3.99%	0.65
Turnout			285,053	53.32%	3.84

V Ponce

2020 Ponce District Election[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Marially González	56,846	20.07%	N/A
	Popular Democratic	Ramón Ruiz	51,465	18.17%	4.43
	New Progressive	Luis Berdiel (incumbent)	50,091	17.68%	7.68
	New Progressive	Nelson Cruz (incumbent)	48,224	17.03%	7.66
	Project Dignity	Elaine Arrufat Berastain	16,217	5.73%	N/A
	Citizens' Victory	Daniel Ortíz Lugo	14,626	5.16%	N/A
	Citizens' Victory	Maikel González	14,562	5.14%	N/A
	Project Dignity	Luis Yordár Frau	11,976	4.23%	N/A
	Independence	Ángel Comas Nazario	10,060	3.55%	N/A
	Independence	José Ortiz Lugo	9,181	3.24%	N/A
Turnout			283,248	51.23%	2.98

VI Guayama

2020 Guayama District Election[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Gretchen Hau	69,386	23.63%	N/A
	Popular Democratic	Albert Torres Berrios	67,419	22.96%	N/A
	New Progressive	Alex Roque (incumbent)	57,943	19.73%	4.92
	New Progressive	Wanda Cruz	57,300	19.51%	N/A
	Citizens' Victory	Tomas Flores Torres	18,866	6.42%	N/A
	Independence	Victor Alvarado Guzmán	13,240	4.51%	N/A
	Independence	Justo Echevarriá Figueroa	9,485	3.23%	N/A
Turnout			293,639	54.62%	3.22

VII Humacao

2020 Humacao District Election[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Rosamar Trujillo Plumey	57,004	19.77%	N/A
	New Progressive	Wanda Soto	54,822	19.01%	N/A
	Popular Democratic	Hill Román Abreu	54,780	19.00%	N/A
	New Progressive	Miguel Laureano (incumbent)	54,688	18.96	4.54
	Citizens' Victory	Mayra Vicil Bernier	22,999	7.98%	N/A
	Citizens' Victory	Xander Torres	17,509	6.07%	N/A
	Independence	Edda López Serrano	15,154	5.25%	N/A
	Independence	Juan Lebrón López	11,431	3.96%	N/A
Turnout			288,387	56.02%	0.81

VIII Carolina

2020 Carolina District Election[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Javier Aponte Dalmau	43,473	17.97%	N/A
	New Progressive	Marissa Jiménez	42,740	17.66%	N/A
	Popular Democratic	Christian Rodríguez	40,375	16.69%	N/A
	New Progressive	Nayda Venegas Brown (incumbent)	40,344	16.67%	7.54
	Citizens' Victory	Alice Pérez Fernandez	21,952	9.07%	N/A
	Citizens' Victory	Reginald Smith Pizarro	19,374	8.01%	N/A
	Project Dignity	Janise Santiago Ramos	13,391	5.53%	N/A
	Independence	Marisol Quiñones Algarín	11,136	4.60%	1.48
	Independence	Wanda Alemán Alemán	9,173	3.79%	N/A
Turnout			241,958	48.80%	3.09

Notes

1. The numbers of legislators in this senate increased from 27 to 30, because the New Progressive Party (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 (3 seats in this election).

References

1. "At-Large Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
2. "Senate District Map". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
3. "San Juan I District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
4. "Bayamón II District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
5. "Arecibo III District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
6. "Mayagüez-Aguadilla IV District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
7. "Ponce V District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
8. "Guayama VI District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
9. "Humacao VII District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
10. "Carolina VIII District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.