1952 Puerto Rican general election

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 4, 1952. 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.

1952 Puerto Rican general election

November 4, 1952

Gubernatorial election

Nominee Luis Muñoz Marín Fernando Milán Suárez Francisco López Domínguez Party Popular Democratic Independence PEP Popular vote 431,409 126,228 85,591 Percentage 64.88% 18.98% 12.87%

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

Resident Commissioner election

Nominee Antonio Fernós-Isern Carmen Rivera De Alvarado Juan B. Soto Party Popular Democratic Independence PEP Popular vote 430,296 126,208 85,788 Percentage 64.80% 19.01% 12.92%

Results

Governor

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Luis Muñoz Marín	Popular Democratic Party	431,409	64.88
	Fernando Milán Suárez	Puerto Rican Independence Party	126,228	18.98
	Francisco López Domínguez	Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño	85,591	12.87
	Luis Moczó	Socialist Party	21,719	3.27
Total			664,947	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			883,219	–
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Antonio Fernós-Isern	Popular Democratic Party	430,296	64.80
	Carmen Rivera de Alvarado	Puerto Rican Independence Party	126,208	19.01
	Juan B. Soto	Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño	85,788	12.92
	Angel Fernández Sánchez	Socialist Party	21,719	3.27
Total			664,011	100.00
Source: Nolla

Senate

Party		District class I			District class II			At-large			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Popular Democratic Party	430,158	64.81	8	430,200	73.29	8	429,812	64.78	7	23
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	126,149	19.01	0	126,132	21.49	0	126,218	19.02	3	3
	Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño	85,639	12.90	0	8,869	1.51	0	85,704	12.92	1	1
	Socialist Party	21,730	3.27	0	21,756	3.71	0	21,782	3.28	0	0
Total		663,676	100.00	8	586,957	100.00	8	663,516	100.00	11	27
Source: Nolla

House of Representatives

Party		District			At-large			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Popular Democratic Party	429,587	64.37	40	429,631	64.74	7	47
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	126,089	18.89	0	126,076	19.00	2	2
	Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño	89,905	13.47	0	86,165	12.98	2	2
	Socialist Party	21,821	3.27	0	21,719	3.27	0	0
Total		667,402	100.00	40	663,591	100.00	11	51
Source: Nolla