United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 1976

Puerto Rico's At-large district.

The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 2, 1976, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States elections, 1976.

Candidates for Resident Commissioner

Jaime Benitez for the Popular Democratic Party
Baltasar Corrada del Río for the New Progressive Party
Baltasar Quinones Elias for the Puerto Rican Independence Party

Election results

Puerto Rico's At-large congressional district election, 1976^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Progressive	Baltasar Corrada del Río	705,162	48.93
	Popular Democratic	Jaime Benitez (inc.)	663,160	46.01
	Puerto Rican Independence	Baltasar Quinones Elias	72,988	5.06
Total votes			1,441,310	100.00
	New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic

See also

Puerto Rican general election, 1976

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf

United States elections, 1976

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