1948 Puerto Rican general election

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 2, 1948,^[1] which included the first-ever elections for the position of governor, who had previously been appointed by the President of the United States. Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party won the gubernatorial elections with 61% of the vote, becoming the first ever popularly elected governor of Puerto Rico.^[2]

1948 Puerto Rican general election

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Gubernatorial election

Nominee Luis Muñoz Marín Martin Travieso Francisco Susoni Party Popular Democratic PEP–PS–PRP Independence Popular vote 392,386 182,977 65,351 Percentage 61.24% 28.56% 10.20%

Results by municipality Marín:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Travieso:      50-60%

Governor before election Jesus T. Piñero Elected Governor Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic

Resident Commissioner election

Nominee Antonio Fernós-Isern Luis A. Ferré Rafael Arjona-Siaca Party Popular Democratic PEP–PS–PRP Independence Popular vote 392,033 180,513 66,141 Percentage 61.38% 28.26% 10.36%

Results by municipality Fernós-Isern:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

Results

Governor

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Luis Muñoz Marín	Popular Democratic Party	392,386	61.24
	Martín Travieso	PEP–PS–PRP	182,977	28.56
	Francisco Susoni	Puerto Rican Independence Party	65,351	10.20
Total			640,714	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			873,085	–
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Antonio Fernós-Isern	Popular Democratic Party	392,033	61.38
	Luis A. Ferré	PEP–PS–PRP	180,513	28.26
	Rafael Arjona-Siaca	Puerto Rican Independence Party	66,141	10.36
Total			638,687	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			873,085	–
Source: Nolla

Senate

At-large senators

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Notes
	Samuel R. Quiñones	Popular Democratic Party	132,381	20.75	Elected
	Victor Gutiérrez Franqui	Popular Democratic Party	131,073	20.55	Elected
	Ramón Barreto Pérez	Popular Democratic Party	128,600	20.16	Elected
	Bolívar Pagán	PS–PRP	91,859	14.40	Elected
	Celestino Iriarte Miró	Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño	87,758	13.76	Elected
	Gilberto Concepción de Gracia	Puerto Rican Independence Party	37,952	5.95
	José Luis Feliú Pesquera	Puerto Rican Independence Party	28,219	4.42
Total			637,842	100.00
Source: Nolla

District senators

Party		Class 1			Class 2			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Popular Democratic Party	392,111	61.46	7	392,275	61.48	7	14
	PEP–PS–PRP	179,744	28.17	0	179,713	28.17	0	0
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	66,106	10.36	0	66,065	10.35	0	0
Total		637,961	100.00	7	638,053	100.00	7	14
Source: Nolla

House of Representatives

At-large representatives

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Notes
	Benjamín Ortiz	Popular Democratic Party	132,392	20.76	Elected
	Pedro Vega Berrios	Popular Democratic Party	131,005	20.54	Elected
	Ernesto Ramos Antonini	Popular Democratic Party	128,644	20.17	Elected
	Leopoldo Figueroa	PEP–PRP	115,511	18.11	Elected
	Antonio Reyes Delgado	Socialist Party	64,152	10.06
	Baltazar Quiñones Elías	Puerto Rican Independence Party	37,549	5.89
	Fernando Milán Jr.	Puerto Rican Independence Party	28,606	4.48
Total			637,859	100.00
Source: Nolla

District representatives

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Popular Democratic Party	389,127	60.70	35
	PEP–PS–PRP	179,617	28.02	0
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	67,461	10.52	0
	Criollo Party	4,885	0.76	0
Total		641,090	100.00	35
Source: Nolla

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
2. Nohlen, p562