1968 Puerto Rican general election

1968 Puerto Rican general election

November 5, 1968
Gubernatorial election
Turnout	78.41%
Nominee Luis A. Ferré Luis Negrón López Roberto Sánchez Vilella Party New Progressive Popular Democratic People's Popular vote 400,815 374,040 107,359 Percentage 43.62% 40.71% 11.68%
Results by municipality Ferré:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60% López:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%
Governor before election Roberto Sánchez Vilella People's Elected Governor Luis A. Ferré New Progressive
Resident Commissioner election
Nominee Jorge Luis Córdova Santiago Polanco-Abreu Alfredo Nazario Tirado Party New Progressive Popular Democratic People's Popular vote 400,544 384,998 94,519 Percentage 43.81% 42.11% 10.34%
Results by municipality Córdova:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60% Polanco-Abreu:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 5, 1968. 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%.

Results

Governor

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Luis A. Ferré	New Progressive Party	400,815	43.62
	Luis Negrón López	Popular Democratic Party	374,040	40.71
	Roberto Sánchez Vilella	People's Party	107,359	11.68
	Antonio J. González	Puerto Rican Independence Party	32,166	3.50
	Ramiro L. Colón	Partido Estadista Republicano	4,449	0.48
Total			918,829	100.00
Valid votes			918,829	99.57
Invalid/blank votes			3,993	0.43
Total votes			922,822	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,176,895	78.41
Source: Nohlen, Puerto Rico Election Archive

Resident Commissioner

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jorge Luis Córdova	New Progressive Party	400,544	43.81
	Santiago Polanco-Abreu	Popular Democratic Party	384,998	42.11
	Alfredo Nazario Tirado	People's Party	94,519	10.34
	Juan Antonio Agostini	Puerto Rican Independence Party	29,491	3.23
	Nicolás Nogueras, Jr.	Partido Estadista Republicano	4,646	0.51
Total			914,198	100.00
Source: House of Representatives

House of Representatives

Party		Seats
	Popular Democratic Party	26
	New Progressive Party	25
	People's Party	0
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	0
	Partido Estadista Republicano	0
Total		51
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party		Seats
	Popular Democratic Party	15
	New Progressive Party	12
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	0
Total		27
Source: Nohlen