1964 Puerto Rican general election

1964 Puerto Rican general election

November 3, 1964
Gubernatorial election
Turnout	83.90%
Nominee Roberto Sánchez Vilella Luis A. Ferré Party Popular Democratic PER Popular vote 492,531 288,504 Percentage 59.24% 34.70%
Results by municipality Sánchez Vilella:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
Governor before election Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic Elected Governor Roberto Sánchez Vilella Popular Democratic
Resident Commissioner election
Nominee Santiago Polanco-Abreu Manuel Iglesias Party Popular Democratic PER Popular vote 492,095 287,309 Percentage 59.30% 34.62%

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 3, 1964. Roberto Sánchez Vilella of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD's Santiago Polanco-Abreu was elected Resident Commissioner. Voter turnout was 84%.

Results

Governor

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Roberto Sánchez Vilella	Popular Democratic Party	492,531	59.24
	Luis A. Ferré	Partido Estadista Republicano	288,504	34.70
	Francisco González Baena	Partido Acción Cristiana	27,076	3.26
	Gilberto Concepción de Gracia	Puerto Rican Independence Party	23,340	2.81
Total			831,451	100.00
Valid votes			831,451	99.02
Invalid/blank votes			8,227	0.98
Total votes			839,678	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,002,000	83.80
Source: Nohlen

Resident Commissioner

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Santiago Polanco-Abreu	Popular Democratic Party	492,095	59.30
	Manuel Iglesias	Partido Estadista Republicano	287,309	34.62
	Roberto Lopez-Candal	Partido Acción Cristiana	27,338	3.29
	José Antonio Ortiz	Puerto Rican Independence Party	23,159	2.79
Total			829,901	100.00
Source: House of Representatives

Further reading

• Robert W. Anderson "Las elecciones de 1964 en Puerto Rico: Una evaluación." Revista de Ciencias Sociales, Vol. IX, No. 3, September 1965. Universidad de Puerto Rico. pp. 263–271.