1956 Puerto Rican general election

1956 Puerto Rican general election

6 November 1956
Gubernatorial election
Turnout	80.37%
Party PPD PER Alliance Republican Popular vote 435,255 174,683 Percentage 62.48% 25.08%
Results by municipality
Governor before election Luis Muñoz Marín PPD Elected Governor Luis Muñoz Marín PPD

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