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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 8 November 1932. Santiago Iglesias was elected Resident Commissioner.

Results

Resident Commissioner


Candidate		Party or alliance			Votes	%
	Santiago Iglesias	Coalition		Republican Union	110,794	28.87
				Socialist Party	97,438	25.39
			Total		208,232	54.27
	Benigno Fernández García	Liberal Party			170,168	44.35
	Julio Medina González	Nationalist Party			5,257	1.37
Other candidates					65	0.02
Total					383,722	100.00

Source: Puerto Rican Election Archive

Senate

At-large members


Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Notes
	Bolívar Pagán	Socialist Party	88,503	24.74	Elected
	Luis Muñoz Marín	Liberal Party	55,446	15.50	Elected
	Antonio Rafael Barceló	Liberal Party	51,837	14.49	Elected
	Mario Mercado, Jr.	Liberal Party	46,380	12.96	Elected
	Rafael Martínez Nadal	Republican Union	42,699	11.94	Elected
	Luis Sánchez Morales	Republican Union	33,027	9.23
	Francisco M. Zeno	Republican Union	27,953	7.81
	Pedro Albizu Campos	Nationalist Party	11,882	3.32
Other candidates			9	0.00
Total			357,736	100.00

Source: Nolla

District members


Party		Class 1			Class 2			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Coalition	208,625	54.58	6	208,341	54.54	6	12
	Liberal Party	169,563	44.36	1	169,583	44.40	1	2
	Nationalist Party	4,055	1.06	0	4,039	1.06	0	0
Total		382,243	100.00	7	381,963	100.00	7	14

Source: Nolla

House of Representatives

At-large members


Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Notes
	Rafael Alonso Torres	Socialist Party	89,783	25.09	Elected
	Manuel A. Martínez Dávila	Liberal Party	77,299	21.60	Elected
	Ernesto Ramos Antonini	Liberal Party	76,985	21.51	Elected
	Etienne Totti	Republican Union	55,522	15.51	Elected
	Rafael Cuevas Zequeira	Republican Union	49,357	13.79
	Francisco Vincenty	Nationalist Party	8,935	2.50
Other candidates			11	0.00
Total			357,892	100.00

Source: Nolla

District members


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Coalition	208,469	54.41	28
	Liberal Party	169,780	44.31	7
	Nationalist Party	4,802	1.25	0
	Other parties	114	0.03	0
	Independents	8	0.00	0
Total		383,173	100.00	35

Source: Nolla

References

Escrutinio de las Elecciones Generales del 8 de noviembre de 1932 Puerto Rican Election Archive
Juan Jose Nolla-Acosta (2013) Puerto Rico Election Results, 1899–2012 p59

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