General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 6, 1956.[1] Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was re-elected as governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of seats in the legislative elections. Voter turnout was 80%.[2][3]

1956 Puerto Rican general election

← 1952 November 6, 1956 1960 →
Gubernatorial election
Turnout80.37%
 
Nominee Luis Muñoz Marín Luis A. Ferré Francisco Susoni
Party Popular Democratic PER Independence
Popular vote 435,256 174,683 86,636
Percentage 62.51% 25.08% 12.44%

Results by municipality
Muñoz:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

Governor before election

Luis Muñoz Marín
Popular Democratic

Elected Governor

Luis Muñoz Marín
Popular Democratic

Resident Commissioner election
 
Nominee Antonio Fernós-Isern Antonio Ortíz Toro Marco A. Ramírez
Party Popular Democratic PER Independence
Popular vote 434,256 173,580 86,886
Percentage 62.51% 24.99% 12.51%

Results

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Governor

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Luis Muñoz MarínPopular Democratic Party435,25562.49
Luis A. FerréPartido Estadista Republicano174,68325.08
Francisco SusoniPuerto Rican Independence Party86,63612.44
Total696,574100.00
Valid votes696,57499.26
Invalid/blank votes5,1640.74
Total votes701,738100.00
Registered voters/turnout873,08580.37
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Antonio Fernós-IsernPopular Democratic Party434,25662.51
Antonio Ortíz ToroPartido Estadista Republicano173,58024.99
Marco A. RamírezPuerto Rican Independence Party86,88612.51
Total694,722100.00
Source: Nolla

Senate

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PartyDistrict class IDistrict class IIAt-largeTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Popular Democratic Party434,12362.518434,03062.528434,10962.54723
Partido Estadista Republicano173,47224.980173,41924.980173,24024.9633
Puerto Rican Independence Party86,83912.51086,75112.50086,78912.5033
Total694,434100.008694,200100.008694,138100.001329
Source: Nolla

House of Representatives

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PartyDistrictAt-largeTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Popular Democratic Party432,39762.4340434,46363.46747
Partido Estadista Republicano172,63924.930173,27525.3133
Puerto Rican Independence Party87,54612.64076,90311.2366
Total692,582100.0040684,641100.001656
Source: Nolla

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p557
  3. ^ Nohlen, p563