General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 7, 1944.[1] Jesús T. Piñero of the Popular Democratic Party was elected Resident Commissioner with 65% of the vote.[2]
Results
editResident commissioner
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesús T. Piñero | Popular Democratic Party | 383,280 | 64.75 | |
| Manuel Font | PURP–PS–PL | 208,516 | 35.22 | |
| Agustín Fernández | Authentic Party | 159 | 0.03 | |
| Francisco Grovas | Proletarian Party | 23 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 591,978 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 719,159 | – | ||
| Source: Nolla, Nohlen | ||||
Senate
editAt-large senators
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Muñoz Marín | Popular Democratic Party | 148,028 | 24.99 | Elected | |
| Rafael Arjona Siaca | Popular Democratic Party | 131,067 | 22.13 | Elected | |
| Vicente Geigel Polanco | Popular Democratic Party | 104,104 | 17.58 | Elected | |
| Bolívar Pagán | Socialist Party | 67,973 | 11.48 | Elected | |
| Leopoldo Figueroa | Partido Unión Republicana Progresista | 53,131 | 8.97 | Elected | |
| José A. Balseiro | Partido Unión Republicana Progresista | 48,405 | 8.17 | ||
| Josefina Barceló Bird de Romero | Liberal Party of Puerto Rico | 38,643 | 6.52 | ||
| Luis Rojas | Authentic Party | 242 | 0.04 | ||
| Victor M. Morales | Proletarian Party | 102 | 0.02 | ||
| Independents | 618 | 0.10 | |||
| Total | 592,313 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: Nolla | |||||
District senators
edit| Party | Class 1 | Class 2 | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Popular Democratic Party | 383,293 | 64.78 | 7 | 383,303 | 64.78 | 7 | 14 | |
| PURP–PS–PL | 208,226 | 35.19 | 0 | 208,219 | 35.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Authentic Party | 116 | 0.02 | 0 | 142 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proletarian Party | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 591,655 | 100.00 | 7 | 591,684 | 100.00 | 7 | 14 | |
| Source: Nolla | ||||||||
House of Representatives
editAt-large representatives
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernesto Ramos Antonini | Popular Democratic Party | 141,784 | 23.94 | Elected | |
| Samuel R. Quiñones | Popular Democratic Party | 128,645 | 21.72 | Elected | |
| Benjamín Ortiz | Popular Democratic Party | 112,722 | 19.03 | Elected | |
| Celestino Iriarte Miró | Partido Unión Republicana Progresista | 101,536 | 17.15 | Elected | |
| Lino Padrón Rivera | Socialist Party | 67,953 | 11.47 | ||
| Rafael Rodríguez Pacheco | Liberal Party of Puerto Rico | 38,581 | 6.52 | ||
| Osvaldo Albarrán | Authentic Party | 242 | 0.04 | ||
| Tomás de Jesús Castro | Proletarian Party | 100 | 0.02 | ||
| Independents | 624 | 0.11 | |||
| Total | 592,187 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: Nolla | |||||
District representatives
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Popular Democratic Party | 383,324 | 64.72 | 34 | |
| PURP–PS–PL | 208,824 | 35.26 | 1 | |
| Authentic Party | 141 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Proletarian Party | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Total | 592,304 | 100.00 | 35 | |
| Source: Nolla | ||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook: Volume I, Oxford University Press, p552
- ^ Escrutinio de las Elecciones Generales del 7 de noviembre de 1944 Puerto Rican Election Archive
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