1964 Puerto Rican general election

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Gubernatorial election
Turnout	83.90%
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
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%

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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 3 November 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]

Results[edit]

Governor[edit]

Resident Commissioner[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Robert W. Anderson "Las elecciones de 1964 en Puerto Rico: Una evaluación." Revista de Ciencias Sociales, Vol. IX, No. 3, September 1965. Universidad de Puerto Rico. pp. 263–271.