General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 3, 1964.[1] Roberto Sánchez Vilella of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD's Santiago Polanco-Abreu was elected Resident Commissioner. Voter turnout was 84%.[2][3]

1964 Puerto Rican general election

← 1960 November 3, 1964 1968 →
Gubernatorial election
Turnout83.90%
 
Nominee Roberto Sánchez Vilella Luis A. Ferré
Party Popular Democratic PER
Popular vote 492,531 288,504
Percentage 59.24% 34.70%

Results by municipality
Sánchez Vilella:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Governor before election

Luis Muñoz Marín
Popular Democratic

Elected Governor

Roberto Sánchez Vilella
Popular Democratic

Resident Commissioner election
 
Nominee Santiago Polanco-Abreu Manuel Iglesias
Party Popular Democratic PER
Popular vote 492,095 287,309
Percentage 59.30% 34.62%

Results

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Governor

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Roberto Sánchez VilellaPopular Democratic Party492,53159.24
Luis A. FerréPartido Estadista Republicano288,50434.70
Francisco González BaenaPartido Acción Cristiana27,0763.26
Gilberto Concepción de GraciaPuerto Rican Independence Party23,3402.81
Total831,451100.00
Valid votes831,45199.02
Invalid/blank votes8,2270.98
Total votes839,678100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,002,00083.80
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Santiago Polanco-AbreuPopular Democratic Party492,09559.30
Manuel IglesiasPartido Estadista Republicano287,30934.62
Roberto Lopez-CandalPartido Acción Cristiana27,3383.29
José Antonio OrtizPuerto Rican Independence Party23,1592.79
Total829,901100.00
Source: House of Representatives

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, p558
  3. ^ Nohlen, p563

Further reading

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