1960 Puerto Rican general election

1960 Puerto Rican general election

November 8, 1960
Gubernatorial election
Turnout	84.60%
Nominee Luis Muñoz Marín Luis A. Ferré Salvador Perea Roselló Party Popular Democratic PER PAC Popular vote 459,759 253,242 52,275 Percentage 58.23% 32.08% 6.62%
Results by municipality Muñoz:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80% Ferré:      30-40%
Governor before election Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic Elected Governor Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic
Resident Commissioner election
Nominee Antonio Fernós Isern Gabriel de la Haba Jorge Luis Córdova Party Popular Democratic PER PAC Popular vote 458,535 252,737 52,215 Percentage 58.21% 32.08% 6.63%
Results by municipality Fernós Isern:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80% Haba:      30-40%

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 8, 1960. Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was re-elected as governor, whilst the PPD's Antonio Fernós Isern was re-elected as Resident Commissioner. Voter turnout was 85%.

Results

Governor

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Luis Muñoz Marín	Popular Democratic Party	459,759	58.24
	Luis A. Ferré	Partido Estadista Republicano	253,242	32.08
	Salvador Perea Roselló	Partido Acción Cristiana	52,275	6.62
	Julio García Diaz	Puerto Rican Independence Party	24,211	3.07
Total			789,487	100.00
Valid votes			789,487	99.13
Invalid/blank votes			6,942	0.87
Total votes			796,429	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			941,034	84.63
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Antonio Fernós-Isern	Popular Democratic Party	458,535	58.21
	Gabriel de la Haba	Partido Estadista Republicano	252,737	32.08
	Jorge Luis Córdova	Partido Acción Cristiana	52,215	6.63
	Roma Marti	Puerto Rican Independence Party	24,275	3.08
Total			787,762	100.00
Source: House of Representatives