Description of Electoral System

(Courtesy of IFES Election Guide)

The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term. The Governor is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term. In the Senate 29 members are elected by popular vote to serve 4-year terms. In the House of Representatives 51 members are elected by popular vote to serve 4-year terms.

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Most recent election

DEMOCRATS' PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES 2008

These elections took place, for the first time in Puerto Rico's history since it became part of the commonwealth, on June 1st.

Since the 2'366,674 registered voters as of May 2nd are not divided by political party, all of them could cast their vote in these primaries to decide who would get the 55 delegates that were stake.

The overall cost for these election was stated to be of $2.5 million dollars, for an expected turnout of 25% at most.

The previous figures were extracted from an article by Manuel Ernesto Rivera of AP in the New York Times.

PRIMARIES 2008

These elections took place on March 9th. 'Primaries' is a preliminary election in which the registered voters of a political party nominate candidates for office.

The local Puerto Rican political parties' results for this election can be found here.

GENERAL ELECTIONS 2004

(Courtesy of Wikipedia)

The results of the Puerto Rico General Elections of November 2, 2004 were announced by the State Commission of Elections (CEE-PUR), who certified Aníbal Acevedo Vilá as Governor of Puerto Rico, and Luis Fortuño as Resident Commissioner, while the Senate and the House of Representatives was dominated by the New Progressive Party.

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