2020 Puerto Rico Senate election
The 2020 Puerto Rico Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the members of the 27th Senate of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the Governor, the Resident Commissioner, the House of Representatives, and the mayors of the 78 municipalities. The winners will be elected to a four-year term from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2025.
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Election results: Popular Democratic gain New Progressive gain Popular Democratic hold New Progressive hold MVC gain Project Dignity gain PIP hold Independent hold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The New Progressive Party lost their 2/3 majority, but the Popular democratic Party failed to pass the 14 seat threshold, and did not acquired the 1/2 majority. The Puerto Rican Independence Party and Independent senator Vargas Vidot retained their seats, while the Citizen's Victory Movement and Project Dignity gained 2 and 1 seat respectively.
Summary
There are 88 candidates running for senator:
- New Progressive Party (PNP) have 22 candidates, 15 of which are incumbent.
- Popular Democratic Party (PPD) have 22 candidates, 2 of which are incumbent.
- Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) have 19 candidates.
- Citizen’s Victory Movement (MVC) have 19 candidates.
- Project Dignity (PD) have 5 candidates.
- 1 candidate is independent, 1 of which is incumbent.
Senate Composition
26th Senate of Puerto Rico (2017-2021)
PNP1 | PNP2 | PNP3 | PNP4 | PNP5 | PNP6 | PNP7 | PNP8 | PNP9 |
PNP10 | PNP11 | PNP12 | PNP13 | PNP14 | PNP15 | PNP16 | PNP17 | PNP18 |
PNP19 | PNP20 | PNP21 | PPD1 | PPD2 | PPD3 | PPD4 | PPD5[lower-alpha 1] | PPD6[lower-alpha 1] |
PPD7[lower-alpha 1] | PIP1 | IND1 |
27th Senate of Puerto Rico (2021-2025)
PPD1 | PPD2 | PPD3 | PPD4 | PPD5 | PPD6 | PPD7 | PPD8 | PPD9 |
PPD10 | PPD11 | PPD12 | PPD13 | PNP1 | PNP2 | PNP3 | PNP4 | PNP5 |
PPD6 | PPD7 | PPD8 | PPD9 | MVC1 | MVC2 | PIP1 | PD1 | IND1 |
Results
Summary
Parties | District | At-large | Total seats | Composition | ±% | |||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||
Popular Democratic Party (PPD) | 797,203 | 36.50% | 11 | 360,963 | 31.10% | 2 | 13 | 13 / 27 |
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New Progressive Party (PNP) | 814,941 | 37.32% | 5 | 383,766 | 33.07% | 4 | 9 | 9 / 27 |
12 | |||||
Citizen's Victory Movement (MVC) | 315,931 | 14.46% | 0 | 130,065 | 11.20% | 2 | 2 | 2 / 27 |
2 | |||||
Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) | 198,093 | 9.07% | 0 | 132,208 | 11.31% | 1 | 1 | 1 / 27 |
1 | |||||
Project Dignity (PD) | 57,465 | 2.63% | 0 | 86,227 | 7.43% | 1 | 1 | 1 / 27 |
1 | |||||
Independents | 0 | 0% | 0 | 67,151 | 5.79% | 1 | 1 | 1 / 27 |
1 | |||||
Total | 2,183,633 | 100.0 | 16 | 1,160,380 | 100.0 | 11 | 27 |
Senator At-Large
Every party has a seat in the senate, making it the first time since 2004 that all parties are represented. María de Lourdes placed 1st for the second time (1st being 2012) and won a third non-consecutive term; Joanne Rodríguez came in 2nd place, while Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz came in 3rd place, losing 3.74% of the vote relative to his last performance.
Senator by District
I San Juan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Progressive | Henry Neumann (incumbent) | 52,492 | 19.81% | 5.20 | |
New Progressive | Nitza Morán | 44,063 | 16.63% | N/A | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Rosa Seguí Cordero | 35,739 | 13.49% | N/A | |
Popular Democratic | Jesús Manuel Laboy | 34,639 | 13.07% | N/A | |
Popular Democratic | Claribel Martínez Marmolejos | 33,651 | 12.57% | N/A | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Marilú Guzmán | 31,651 | 11.94% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Adriana Guitiérrez Colón | 18,091 | 6.83% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Andrés González Berdecia | 15,037 | 5.67% | N/A | |
Turnout | 265,025 | 53.28% | 1.13 |
II Bayamon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Progressive | Carmelo Rios (incumbent) | 52,108 | 20.69% | 7.69 | |
New Progressive | Migdalia Padilla Alvelo (incumbent) | 50,009 | 19.86% | 7.83 | |
Popular Democratic | Magdiel Colon | 32,978 | 13.10% | N/A | |
Popular Democratic | Carlos Roberto Hyland | 32,239 | 12.80% | N/A | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Myrna Conty | 26,712 | 10.61% | N/A | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Ruthie Arroyo | 23,108 | 9.18% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Hugo Rodríguez Díaz | 17,520 | 6.96% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Yelitza Lucena Quiles | 17,136 | 6.81 | N/A | |
Turnout | 251,810 | 51.70% | 2.75 |
III Arecibo
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Popular Democratic | Elizabeth Rosa Vélez | 55,592 | 19.09% | 1.21 | |
Popular Democratic | Rubén Soto Rivera | 55,051 | 18.91% | 1.41 | |
New Progressive | Ángel Martínez (incumbent) | 54,824 | 18.83% | 8.55 | |
New Progressive | José Pérez Rosa (incumbent) | 54,744 | 18.80% | 8.58 | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Yamira Colón Rosa | 19,649 | 6.74% | N/A | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Annette Jiménez Collet | 17,041 | 5.85% | N/A | |
Project Dignity | Arnaldo López Rosado | 15,881 | 5.45% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Luis Romero Nieves | 11,042 | 3.79% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Roberto Rivera Olivencia | 7,357 | 2.53% | N/A | |
Turnout | 291,181 | 52.72% | 3.71 |
IV Mayagüez-Aguadilla
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Popular Democratic | Ada Garciá Montes | 60,068 | 21.07% | N/A | |
Popular Democratic | Migdalia González | 59,204 | 20.77% | N/A | |
New Progressive | Marcos Gonzalez | 54,332 | 19.06% | N/A | |
New Progressive | Luis Daniel Muñiz (incumbent) | 54,111 | 18.98 | 6.13 | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Marisol Vega | 17,743 | 6.22% | N/A | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Luis Ferren | 16,664 | 5.50% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Luis Casiano Rodríguez | 12,556 | 4.40% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Juan Mari Pesquera | 11,375 | 3.99% | 0.65 | |
Turnout | 285,053 | 53.32% | 3.84 |
V Ponce
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Popular Democratic | Marially González | 56,846 | 20.07% | N/A | |
Popular Democratic | Ramón Ruiz | 51,465 | 18.17% | 4.43 | |
New Progressive | Luis Berdiel (incumbent) | 50,091 | 17.68% | 7.68 | |
New Progressive | Nelson Cruz (incumbent) | 48,224 | 17.03% | 7.66 | |
Project Dignity | Elaine Arrufat Berastain | 16,217 | 5.73% | N/A | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Daniel Ortíz Lugo | 14,626 | 5.16% | N/A | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Maikel González | 14,562 | 5.14% | N/A | |
Project Dignity | Luis Yordár Frau | 11,976 | 4.23% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Ángel Comas Nazario | 10,060 | 3.55% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | José Ortiz Lugo | 9,181 | 3.24% | N/A | |
Turnout | 283,248 | 51.23% | 2.98 |
VI Guayama
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Popular Democratic | Gretchen Hau | 69,386 | 23.63% | N/A | |
Popular Democratic | Albert Torres Berrios | 67,419 | 22.96% | N/A | |
New Progressive | Alex Roque (incumbent) | 57,943 | 19.73% | 4.92 | |
New Progressive | Wanda Cruz | 57,300 | 19.51% | N/A | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Tomas Flores Torres | 18,866 | 6.42% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Victor Alvarado Guzmán | 13,240 | 4.51% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Justo Echevarriá Figueroa | 9,485 | 3.23% | N/A | |
Turnout | 293,639 | 54.62% | 3.22 |
VII Humacao
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Popular Democratic | Rosamar Trujillo Plumey | 53,583 | 19.72% | N/A | |
Popular Democratic | Hill Román Abreu | 51,572 | 18.98% | N/A | |
New Progressive | Wanda Soto | 50,933 | 18.74% | N/A | |
New Progressive | Miguel Laureano (incumbent) | 50,683 | 18.75 | 4.75 | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Mayra Vicil Bernier | 22,254 | 8.19% | N/A | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Xander Torres | 16,990 | 6.25% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Edda López Serrano | 14,652 | 5.39% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Juan Lebrón López | 11,052 | 4.07% | N/A | |
Turnout | 271,719 | 52.59% | 2.62 |
VIII Carolina
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Popular Democratic | Javier Aponte Dalmau | 43,473 | 17.97% | N/A | |
New Progressive | Marissa Jiménez | 42,740 | 17.66% | N/A | |
Popular Democratic | Christian Rodríguez | 40,375 | 16.69% | N/A | |
New Progressive | Nayda Venegas Brown (incumbent) | 40,344 | 16.67% | 7.54 | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Alice Pérez Fernandez | 21,952 | 9.07% | N/A | |
Citizen's Victory Movement | Reginald Smith Pizarro | 19,374 | 8.01% | N/A | |
Project Dignity | Janise Santiago Ramos | 13,391 | 5.53% | N/A | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Marisol Quiñones Algarín | 11,136 | 4.60% | 1.48 | |
Puerto Rican Independence | Wanda Alemán Alemán | 9,173 | 3.79% | N/A | |
Turnout | 241,958 | 48.80% | 3.09 |
Notes
- The numbers of legislators in this senate increased from 27 to 30, because the New Progressive Party (PNP) won 21 of the 27 seats in contention, surpassing the two-thirds limit (18 seats). This automatically triggered Article Three of the Constitution of Puerto Rico which mandates that in such case new seats must be open for minority legislators. These new seats account for the number of seats the majority party surpassed (3 seats in this election).
References
- "At-Large Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- "Senate District Map". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- "San Juan I District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- "Bayamon II District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- "Arecibo III District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- "Mayagüez-Aguadilla IV District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- "Ponce V District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- "Guayama VI District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- "Humacao VII District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- "Carolina VIII District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Retrieved November 14, 2020.