1917 Puerto Rican general election

General elections were held in Puerto Rico in 1917. Félix Córdova Dávila was elected Resident Commissioner.

Results

Resident Commissioner

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Félix Córdova Dávila	Union of Puerto Rico	90,155	51.53
	Domingo Sepúlveda	Republican Party	60,319	34.48
	Prudencio Rivera Martinez	Socialist Party	24,468	13.99
Total			174,942	100.00
Source: Nolla

Senate

Party		At-large			District			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Union of Puerto Rico	82,864	56.35	3	179,038	51.52	10	13
	Republican Party	42,702	29.04	1	120,120	34.57	4	5
	Socialist Party	21,492	14.61	1	48,360	13.92	0	1
Total		147,058	100.00	5	347,518	100.00	14	19
Source: Nolla

At-large members

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Notes
	Martín Travieso	Union of Puerto Rico	28,118	18.30	Elected
	Frank Martínez	Union of Puerto Rico	27,395	17.83	Elected
	Eduardo Georgetti	Union of Puerto Rico	27,351	17.80	Elected
	José Celso Barbosa	Republican Party	22,103	14.38	Elected
	Santiago Iglesias	Socialist Party	28,118	18.30	Elected
	Santiago Veve Calzada	Republican Party	20,599	13.40
Total			153,684	100.00
Source: Nolla

District members

Party		Class 1			Class 2			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Union of Puerto Rico	98,567	53.93	5	89,471	51.49	5	10
	Republican Party	60,054	32.86	2	60,066	34.57	2	4
	Socialist Party	24,148	13.21	0	24,212	13.94	0	0
Total		182,769	100.00	7	173,749	100.00	7	14
Source: Nolla

House of Representatives

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Union of Puerto Rico	89,951	51.83	21
	Republican Party	60,091	34.62	13
	Socialist Party	23,518	13.55	1
Total		173,560	100.00	35
Source: Nolla

Public Service Commissioners

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Notes
	José G. Torres	Union of Puerto Rico	89,645	25.80	Elected
	Leopoldo Santiago Carmona	Union of Puerto Rico	89,507	25.76	Elected
	Julio P. Castro	Republican Party	59,998	17.27
	Guillermo Riefkohl	Republican Party	59,978	17.26
	Roque Rivera	Socialist Party	24,227	6.97
	Santiago Carreras	Socialist Party	24,073	6.93
Total			347,428	100.00
Source: Nolla