2020 Puerto Rico Senate election

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2020 Puerto Rico Senate elections
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All 27 seats in the Senate of Puerto Rico
14 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Jose Dalmau Presidente.jpg Sen. Thomas Rivera Schatz (cropped).jpg Ana Irma Rivera Lassen crop.png
Leader José Luis Dalmau Thomas Rivera Schatz Ana Irma Rivera Lassén
Party Popular Democratic New Progressive Citizens' Victory
Leader sinceJanuary 2, 2021January 2, 2017January 2, 2021
Seats before7 [lower-alpha 1] 210
Seats after12102
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 11Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote1,158,1661,198,707445,996
Percentage34.63%35.85%13.34%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Maria de Lourdes Santiago.jpg Joanne M. Rodriguez Veve.jpg Vargas Vidot.jpg
Leader María de Lourdes Santiago Joanne Rodríguez-Veve Vargas Vidot
Party Independence Project Dignity Independent
Leader sinceJanuary 2, 2021January 2, 2021January 2, 2017
Seats before101
Seats after111
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote330,301143,69267,151
Percentage9.88%4.30%2.01%
PR Senate Elections 2020.svg
Election results:
     PPD gain
     PPD hold     PNP hold
     MVC gain     PD gain
     PIP hold     Independent hold
President of the Senate before election

Thomas Rivera Schatz
New Progressive

Elected President of the Senate

José Dalmau Santiago
Popular Democratic

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 2, 2021, to January 2, 2025.

Contents

The New Progressive Party lost their two-thirds super-majority, but the Popular Democratic Party failed to win the 14 seats needed for a 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 seats respectively. José Luis Dalmau (PPD) was elected Senate President on January 2.

Summary

There are 88 candidates running for senator:

Senate Composition

26th Senate of Puerto Rico (2017-2021)

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PNP10PNP11PNP12PNP13PNP14PNP15PNP16PNP17PNP18
PNP19PNP20PNP21PPD1PPD2PPD3PPD4PPD5 [lower-alpha 1] PPD6 [lower-alpha 1]
PPD7 [lower-alpha 1] PIP1IND1

27th Senate of Puerto Rico (2021-2025)

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PPD10PPD11PPD12PNP1PNP2PNP3PNP4PNP5PNP6
PPD7PPD8PPD9PPD10MVC1MVC2PIP1PD1IND1

Results

Summary

27th Senate of Puerto Rico.svg
PartiesDistrictAt-largeTotal seatsComposition±%
Votes %SeatsVotes %Seats
Popular Democratic Party (PPD)797,20336.50%10377,19531.21%212
12 / 27
Increase2.svg9
New Progressive Party (PNP)814,94137.32%6402,77433.33%410
10 / 27
Decrease2.svg12
Citizen's Victory Movement (MVC)315,93114.46%0133,06911.01%22
2 / 27
Increase2.svg2
Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP)198,0939.07%0136,67911.32%11
1 / 27
Steady2.svg1
Project Dignity (PD)57,4652.63%088,7167.35%11
1 / 27
Increase2.svg1
Independents00%069,8105.78%11
1 / 27
Steady2.svg1
Total2,183,633100.0161,208,243100.01127

Senator At-Large

2020 At-Large Senate Election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independence María de Lourdes Santiago 136,67911.29%N/A
Project Dignity Joanne Rodríguez Veve 88,7167.33%N/A
New Progressive William Villafañe 81,8636.76%N/A
New Progressive Thomas Rivera Schatz (incumbent)80,1396.62%Decrease2.svg3.74
Popular Democratic Juan Zaragoza Gómez 73,8096.09%N/A
Popular Democratic José Dalmau Santiago (incumbent)71,8965.94%N/A
Independent José Vargas Vidot (incumbent)69,8105.76%Decrease2.svg4.97
Citizens' Victory Ana Irma Rivera Lassén 68,7605.68%N/A
Citizens' Victory Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl 64,3095.31%N/A
New Progressive Gregorio Matías (incumbent)64,1405.30%N/A
New Progressive Keren Riquelme 63,1545.21%N/A
Popular Democratic Aníbal José Torres (incumbent)61,2025.05%Decrease2.svg0.56
Popular Democratic Brenda López de Arrarás 59,9614.95%N/A
New Progressive Itzamar Peña Ramírez (incumbent)57,2204.72%Decrease2.svg2.33
Popular Democratic Ada Álvarez Conde 55,6774.80%N/A
New Progressive Carlos Rodríguez Mateo (incumbent)56,2584.65%N/A
Popular Democratic Luis Vega Ramos 54,6504.51%N/A
Turnout 1,208,24352.32%Decrease2.svg0.13

Every party has a seat in the senate, making it the first time since 2004 that all parties are represented. María de Lourdes Santiago placed 1st for the second time (1st being 2012) and won a third non-consecutive term; Joanne Rodríguez Veve came in 2nd place, while Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz came in 4th place, losing 3.74% of the vote relative to his last performance.

Senator by District

[2]

I San Juan

2020 Puerto Rico San Juan District Election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Progressive Henry Neumann (incumbent)52,49219.81%Decrease2.svg5.20
New Progressive Nitza Morán44,06316.63%N/A
Citizens' Victory Rosa Seguí Cordero35,73913.49%N/A
Popular Democratic Jesús Manuel Laboy34,63913.07%N/A
Popular Democratic Claribel Martínez Marmolejos33,65112.57%N/A
Citizens' Victory Marilú Guzmán31,65111.94%N/A
Independence Adriana Guitiérrez Colón18,0916.83%N/A
Independence Andrés González Berdecia15,0375.67%N/A
Turnout 265,02553.28%Decrease2.svg1.13

II Bayamón

2020 Bayamón District Election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Progressive Carmelo Rios (incumbent)52,10820.69%Decrease2.svg7.69
New Progressive Migdalia Padilla Alvelo (incumbent)50,00919.86%Decrease2.svg7.83
Popular Democratic Magdiel Colon32,97813.10%N/A
Popular Democratic Carlos Roberto Hyland32,23912.80%N/A
Citizens' Victory Myrna Conty26,71210.61%N/A
Citizens' Victory Ruthie Arroyo23,1089.18%N/A
Independence Hugo Rodríguez Díaz17,5206.96%N/A
Independence Yelitza Lucena Quiles17,1366.81N/A
Turnout 251,81051.70%Decrease2.svg2.75

III Arecibo

2020 Arecibo District Election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Popular Democratic Elizabeth Rosa Vélez55,59219.09%Decrease2.svg1.21
Popular Democratic Rubén Soto Rivera55,05118.91%Decrease2.svg1.41
New Progressive Ángel Martínez (incumbent)54,82418.83%Decrease2.svg8.55
New Progressive José Pérez Rosa (incumbent)54,74418.80%Decrease2.svg8.58
Citizens' Victory Yamira Colón Rosa19,6496.74%N/A
Citizens' Victory Annette Jiménez Collet17,0415.85%N/A
Project Dignity Arnaldo López Rosado15,8815.45%N/A
Independence Luis Romero Nieves11,0423.79%N/A
Independence Roberto Rivera Olivencia7,3572.53%N/A
Turnout 291,18152.72%Decrease2.svg3.71

IV Mayagüez-Aguadilla

2020 Mayagüez-Aguadilla District Election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Popular Democratic Ada Garciá Montes60,06821.07%N/A
Popular Democratic Migdalia González59,20420.77%N/A
New Progressive Marcos Gonzalez54,33219.06%N/A
New Progressive Luis Daniel Muñiz (incumbent)54,11118.98Decrease2.svg6.13
Citizens' Victory Marisol Vega17,7436.22%N/A
Citizens' Victory Luis Ferren16,6645.50%N/A
Independence Luis Casiano Rodríguez12,5564.40%N/A
Independence Juan Mari Pesquera11,3753.99%Increase2.svg0.65
Turnout 285,05353.32%Decrease2.svg3.84

V Ponce

2020 Ponce District Election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Popular Democratic Marially González56,84620.07%N/A
Popular Democratic Ramón Ruiz51,46518.17%Decrease2.svg4.43
New Progressive Luis Berdiel (incumbent)50,09117.68%Decrease2.svg7.68
New Progressive Nelson Cruz (incumbent)48,22417.03%Decrease2.svg7.66
Project Dignity Elaine Arrufat Berastain16,2175.73%N/A
Citizens' Victory Daniel Ortíz Lugo14,6265.16%N/A
Citizens' Victory Maikel González14,5625.14%N/A
Project Dignity Luis Yordár Frau11,9764.23%N/A
Independence Ángel Comas Nazario10,0603.55%N/A
Independence José Ortiz Lugo9,1813.24%N/A
Turnout 283,24851.23%Decrease2.svg2.98

VI Guayama

2020 Guayama District Election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Popular Democratic Gretchen Hau69,38623.63%N/A
Popular Democratic Albert Torres Berrios67,41922.96%N/A
New Progressive Alex Roque (incumbent)57,94319.73%Decrease2.svg4.92
New Progressive Wanda Cruz57,30019.51%N/A
Citizens' Victory Tomas Flores Torres18,8666.42%N/A
Independence Victor Alvarado Guzmán13,2404.51%N/A
Independence Justo Echevarriá Figueroa9,4853.23%N/A
Turnout 293,63954.62%Decrease2.svg3.22

VII Humacao

2020 Humacao District Election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Popular Democratic Rosamar Trujillo Plumey57,00419.77%N/A
New Progressive Wanda Soto54,82219.01%N/A
Popular Democratic Hill Román Abreu54,78019.00%N/A
New Progressive Miguel Laureano (incumbent)54,68818.96Decrease2.svg4.54
Citizens' Victory Mayra Vicil Bernier22,9997.98%N/A
Citizens' Victory Xander Torres17,5096.07%N/A
Independence Edda López Serrano15,1545.25%N/A
Independence Juan Lebrón López11,4313.96%N/A
Turnout 288,38756.02%Increase2.svg0.81

VIII Carolina

2020 Carolina District Election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Popular Democratic Javier Aponte Dalmau43,47317.97%N/A
New Progressive Marissa Jiménez42,74017.66%N/A
Popular Democratic Christian Rodríguez40,37516.69%N/A
New Progressive Nayda Venegas Brown (incumbent)40,34416.67%Decrease2.svg7.54
Citizens' Victory Alice Pérez Fernandez21,9529.07%N/A
Citizens' Victory Reginald Smith Pizarro19,3748.01%N/A
Project Dignity Janise Santiago Ramos13,3915.53%N/A
Independence Marisol Quiñones Algarín11,1364.60%Increase2.svg1.48
Independence Wanda Alemán Alemán9,1733.79%N/A
Turnout 241,95848.80%Decrease2.svg3.09

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 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).

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References

  1. ↑ "At-Large Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Senate District Map". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ "San Juan I District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Bayamón II District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Arecibo III District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Mayagüez-Aguadilla IV District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Ponce V District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Guayama VI District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Humacao VII District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Carolina VIII District Result". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
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