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1960 Puerto Rican general election

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November 8, 1960

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Gubernatorial election

Turnout

84.60%


Nominee	Luis Muñoz Marín	Luis A. Ferré	Salvador Perea Roselló
Party	Popular Democratic	PER	PAC
Popular vote	459,759	253,242	52,275
Percentage	58.23%	32.08%	6.62%

Results by municipality

Governor before election

Luis Muñoz Marín
Popular Democratic

Elected Governor

Luis Muñoz Marín
Popular Democratic

Resident Commissioner election


Nominee	Antonio Fernós Isern	Gabriel de la Haba	Jorge Luis Córdova
Party	Popular Democratic	PER	PAC
Popular vote	458,535	252,737	52,215
Percentage	58.21%	32.08%	6.63%

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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 8 November 1960.^[1] Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was re-elected as governor, whilst the PPD's Antonio Fernós Isern was re-elected as Resident Commissioner. Voter turnout was 85%.^[2]^[3]

Results

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Governor

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Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Luis Muñoz Marín	Popular Democratic Party	459,759	58.24
	Luis A. Ferré	Partido Estadista Republicano	253,242	32.08
	Salvador Perea Roselló	Partido Acción Cristiana	52,275	6.62
	Julio García Diaz	Puerto Rican Independence Party	24,211	3.07
Total			789,487	100.00

Valid votes			789,487	99.13
Invalid/blank votes			6,942	0.87
Total votes			796,429	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			941,034	84.63
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner

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Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Antonio Fernós-Isern	Popular Democratic Party	458,535	58.21
	Gabriel de la Haba	Partido Estadista Republicano	252,737	32.08
	Jorge Luis Córdova	Partido Acción Cristiana	52,215	6.63
	Roma Marti	Puerto Rican Independence Party	24,275	3.08
Total			787,762	100.00

Source: House of Representatives

References

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

^ Nohlen, p558

^ Nohlen, p563

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