Session of the Puerto Rico Legislature
23rd Senate of Puerto Rico |
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January 2, 2005 – January 1, 2009 |
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President | Kenneth McClintock |
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President pro tem | Orlando Parga |
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Majority Leader | Margarita Nolasco |
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Majority Whip | Carlos Pagán |
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Minority Leader | José Luis Dalmau |
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Minority Whip | Sila Mari González |
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Seats | 27 voting members |
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Parties represented | PNP PPD PIP |
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15th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico |
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27th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico |
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1st | January 14, 2005 – January 12, 2006 |
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2nd | January 13, 2006 – January 11, 2007 |
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3rd | January 12, 2007 – January 10, 2008 |
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4th | January 11, 2008 – January 1, 2009 |
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The 23rd Senate of Puerto Rico was the upper house of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico that met from January 2, 2005, to January 1, 2009. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2004. The Senate had a majority of members from the New Progressive Party (PNP).
The body is counterparted by the 27th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the lower house.
Leadership
Members
Membership
Party | At-large | District | Total seats |
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats |
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| New Progressive Party | 845,228 | 44.74 | 6 | 1,845,204 | 48.84 | 11 | 17 |
| Popular Democratic Party | 767,626 | 40.63 | 4 | 1,768,374 | 46.81 | 5 | 9 |
| Puerto Rican Independence Party | 178,541 | 9.45 | 1 | 160,632 | 4.25 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent Movement of the Eastern Region | | 2,936 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 |
| Other parties | 297 | 0.02 | 0 | 826 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 97,673 | 5.17 | 0 | | 0 |
Total | 1,889,365 | 100.00 | 11 | 3,777,972 | 100.00 | 16 | 27 |
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Valid votes | 1,889,365 | 99.10 | | | | | |
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Invalid votes | 5,318 | 0.28 | | | | | |
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Blank votes | 11,927 | 0.63 | | | | | |
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Total votes | 1,906,610 | 100.00 | | | | | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 2,440,131 | 78.14 | | | | | |
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Source: Puerto Rico Election Archive |
References