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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 8 November 1932. [1] Santiago Iglesias was elected Resident Commissioner. [2]
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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 8 November 1932. [1] Santiago Iglesias was elected Resident Commissioner. [2]
| Candidate | Party or alliance | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Iglesias | Coalition | Republican Union | 110,794 | 28.87 | ||
| Socialist Party | 97,438 | 25.39 | ||||
| Total | 208,232 | 54.27 | ||||
| Benigno Fernández García | Liberal Party | 170,168 | 44.35 | |||
| Julio Medina González | Nationalist Party | 5,257 | 1.37 | |||
| Other candidates | 65 | 0.02 | ||||
| Total | 383,722 | 100.00 | ||||
| Source: Puerto Rican Election Archive | ||||||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolívar Pagán | Socialist Party | 88,503 | 24.74 | Elected | |
| Luis Muñoz Marín | Liberal Party | 55,446 | 15.50 | Elected | |
| Antonio Rafael Barceló | Liberal Party | 51,837 | 14.49 | Elected | |
| Mario Mercado, Jr. | Liberal Party | 46,380 | 12.96 | Elected | |
| Rafael Martínez Nadal | Republican Union | 42,699 | 11.94 | Elected | |
| Luis Sánchez Morales | Republican Union | 33,027 | 9.23 | ||
| Francisco M. Zeno | Republican Union | 27,953 | 7.81 | ||
| Pedro Albizu Campos | Nationalist Party | 11,882 | 3.32 | ||
| Other candidates | 9 | 0.00 | |||
| Total | 357,736 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: Nolla | |||||
| Party | Class 1 | Class 2 | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Coalition | 208,625 | 54.58 | 6 | 208,341 | 54.54 | 6 | 12 | |
| Liberal Party | 169,563 | 44.36 | 1 | 169,583 | 44.40 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nationalist Party | 4,055 | 1.06 | 0 | 4,039 | 1.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 382,243 | 100.00 | 7 | 381,963 | 100.00 | 7 | 14 | |
| Source: Nolla | ||||||||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
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| Rafael Alonso Torres | Socialist Party | 89,783 | 25.09 | Elected | |
| Manuel A. Martínez Dávila | Liberal Party | 77,299 | 21.60 | Elected | |
| Ernesto Ramos Antonini | Liberal Party | 76,985 | 21.51 | Elected | |
| Etienne Totti | Republican Union | 55,522 | 15.51 | Elected | |
| Rafael Cuevas Zequeira | Republican Union | 49,357 | 13.79 | ||
| Francisco Vincenty | Nationalist Party | 8,935 | 2.50 | ||
| Other candidates | 11 | 0.00 | |||
| Total | 357,892 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: Nolla | |||||
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition | 208,469 | 54.41 | 28 | |
| Liberal Party | 169,780 | 44.31 | 7 | |
| Nationalist Party | 4,802 | 1.25 | 0 | |
| Other parties | 114 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Independents | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Total | 383,173 | 100.00 | 35 | |
| Source: Nolla | ||||
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