Puerto Rican general election, 1968

Puerto Rican general election, 1968

November 5, 1968

Nominee Luis A. Ferré Luis Negrón López Party New Progressive Popular Democratic Popular vote 400,815 374,040 Percentage 43.83% 40.9%

Election results map. Blue denotes municipalities won by Ferré, and red denotes those won by López.

Governor before election Roberto Sánchez Vilella Popular Democratic Elected Governor Luis A. Ferré New Progressive

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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 5 November 1968.^[1] Luis A. Ferré of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was elected Governor. In the House of Representatives elections the PNP won a plurality of the vote, but the Popular Democratic Party won a majority of the seats. They also won a majority of seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 78.4%.^[2]

Results

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