1984 Puerto Rican general election













Puerto Rican general election, 1984






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Rafael Hernández Colón, Former Governor of Puerto Rico.jpg
Carlos Antonio Romero-Barceló.jpg
Nominee
Rafael Hernández Colón
Carlos Romero Barceló
Party
Popular Democratic
New Progressive
Popular vote
822,709
 768,959
Percentage
47.75%
 44.63%



Puerto Rican general election, 1984 map.png
Election results map. Red denotes municipalities won by Colón, and blue denotes those won by Barceló.







Governor before election

Carlos Romero Barceló
New Progressive
Elected Governor

Rafael Hernández Colón
Popular Democratic

































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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 6 November 1984.[1]Rafael Hernández Colón of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was 88.9%.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Results


    • 1.1 Governor


    • 1.2 Resident Commissioner


    • 1.3 House of Representatives


    • 1.4 Senate




  • 2 References





Results



Governor

















































Candidate
 Party
 Votes
 %
Rafael Hernández Colón Popular Democratic Party 822,709 47.8
Carlos Romero Barceló New Progressive Party 768,959 44.6
Hernán Padilla Puerto Rican Renewal Party 69,807 4.1
Fernando Martín García Puerto Rican Independence Party 61,312 3.6
Invalid/blank votes 18,851 –
Total 1,741,638
100
Registered voters/turnout 1,959,877 88.9
Source: Nohlen


Resident Commissioner

















































Candidate
 Party
 Votes
 %
Jaime Fuster Popular Democratic Party 827,380 48.7
Nelson Femadas New Progressive Party 769,951 45.3
Francisco Catalá Oliveras Puerto Rican Independence Party 64,001 3.8
Angel Viera Martínez Puerto Rican Renewal Party 39,319 2.3
Invalid/blank votes –
Total 1,700,651
100
Registered voters/turnout 1,959,877
Source: Nohlen


House of Representatives



























































Party
 Votes
 %
 Seats
 +/-
Popular Democratic Party 47.8 34 +8
New Progressive Party 44.6 16 –9
Puerto Rican Independence Party 7.6 1 +1
Puerto Rican Renewal Party 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 12,530 – – –
Total 1,741,638 100 51
0
Registered voters/turnout 1,959,877 88.9 – –
Source: Nohlen


Senate














































Party
 Votes
 %
 Seats
 +/-
Popular Democratic Party 18 +3
New Progressive Party 8 –4
Puerto Rican Independence Party 1 +1
Invalid/blank votes – – –
Total 27
0
Source: Nohlen


References





  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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  2. ^ Nohlen, p553










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