1984 Puerto Rican general election

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Gubernatorial election

Turnout

88.86%


Nominee	Rafael Hernández Colón	Carlos Romero Barceló
Party	Popular Democratic	New Progressive
Alliance	Democratic	Democratic
Popular vote	822,709	768,959
Percentage	47.75%	44.63%

Results by municipality
Colón: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
Barceló: 40-50% 50-60%

Governor before election

Carlos Romero Barceló
New Progressive

Elected Governor

Rafael Hernández Colón
Popular Democratic

Resident Commissioner election


Nominee	Jaime Fuster	Nelson Famadas
Party	Popular Democratic	New Progressive
Alliance	Democratic	Democratic
Popular vote	827,380	769,951
Percentage	48.65%	45.27%

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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 6 November 1984. Rafael Hernández Colón of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was 89%.

Results

Governor


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rafael Hernández Colón	Popular Democratic Party	822,709	47.75
	Carlos Romero Barceló	New Progressive Party	768,959	44.63
	Hernán Padilla	Puerto Rican Renewal Party	69,807	4.05
	Fernando Martín García	Puerto Rican Independence Party	61,312	3.56
Total			1,722,787	100.00

Valid votes			1,722,787	98.92
Invalid/blank votes			18,851	1.08
Total votes			1,741,638	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,959,877	88.86
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jaime Fuster	Popular Democratic Party	827,380	48.65
	Nelson Famadas	New Progressive Party	769,951	45.27
	Francisco Catalá Oliveras	Puerto Rican Independence Party	64,001	3.76
	Ángel Viera Martínez	Puerto Rican Renewal Party	39,319	2.31
Total			1,700,651	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			1,959,877	–
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Popular Democratic Party			34	+8
	New Progressive Party			16	–9
	Puerto Rican Independence Party			1	+1
	Puerto Rican Renewal Party			0	New
Total				51	0

Valid votes		1,729,108	99.28
Invalid/blank votes		12,530	0.72
Total votes		1,741,638	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,959,877	88.86
Source: Nohlen

Senate


Party		Seats	+/–
	Popular Democratic Party	18	+3
	New Progressive Party	8	–4
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	1	+1
Total		27	0

Source: Nohlen

References

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
Nohlen, p553

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