1956 Puerto Rican general election

Puerto Rican general election, 1956

November 6, 1956

Nominee Luis Muñoz Marín Luis A. Ferré Party Popular Democratic PER Popular vote 435,255 174,683 Percentage 62.48% 25.08%

Election results map. Red denotes municipalities won by Marín.

Governor before election Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic Elected Governor Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 6 November 1956. Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party was re-elected as governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of the vote in the House of Representatives elections. Voter turnout was 80.4% in the gubernatorial elections and 80.3% in the House elections.

Results

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Luis Muñoz Marín	Popular Democratic Party	435,255	62.5
Luis A. Ferré	Republican Statehood Party	174,683	25.1
Francisco Susoni	Puerto Rican Independence Party	86,636	12.4
Invalid/blank votes		5,164	–
Total		701,738	100
Registered voters/turnout		873,085	80.4
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Popular Democratic Party		62.5
Republican Union		25.0
Puerto Rican Independence Party		3.3
Other parties		9.2
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	701,738	100
Registered voters/turnout	873,842	80.3	–
Source: Nohlen