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The 2016 Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary took place on March 6 in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
While that day no other Republican primaries were held, the Democratic Party held their Maine caucuses. The Democratic Party's own Puerto Rico caucus took place on June 5.
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Marco Rubio | 28,937 | 70.24% | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Donald Trump | 5,474 | 13.29% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Cruz | 3,610 | 8.76% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 1,540 | 3.74% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kasich | 582 | 1.41% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 375 | 0.91% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 296 | 0.72% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Carson (withdrawn) | 168 | 0.41% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 77 | 0.19% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 48 | 0.12% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 36 | 0.09% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) | 30 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 23 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 41,196 | 100% | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
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