1956 Puerto Rican general election

1956 Puerto Rican general election

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Gubernatorial election
Turnout	80.37%
Nominee Luis Muñoz Marín Luis A. Ferré Francisco Susoni Party Popular Democratic PER Independence Popular vote 435,256 174,683 86,636 Percentage 62.51% 25.08% 12.44%
Results by municipality
Governor before election Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic Elected Governor Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic
Resident Commissioner election
Nominee Antonio Fernós-Isern Antonio Ortíz Toro Marco A. Ramírez Party Popular Democratic PER Independence Popular vote 434,256 173,580 86,886 Percentage 62.51% 24.99% 12.51%

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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 6 November 1956.^[1] Luis Muñoz Marín of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was re-elected as governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of seats in the legislative elections. Voter turnout was 80%.^[2][3]