Puerto Rican general election, 1972

Puerto Rican general election, 1972

November 7, 1972

Nominee Rafael Hernández Colón Luis A. Ferré Party Popular Democratic New Progressive Popular vote 658,856 563,609 Percentage 50.99% 43.62%

Election results map. Red denotes municipalities won by Colón, and blue denotes those won by Barceló.

Governor before election Luis A. Ferré New Progressive Elected Governor Rafael Hernández Colón Popular Democratic

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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 7 November 1972.^[1] Rafael Hernández Colón of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was 80.4%.^[2]

Results

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