United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 1976

Puerto Rico's At-large district.

The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 2, 1976, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States elections, 1976.

Candidates for Resident Commissioner

Election results

Puerto Rico's At-large congressional district election, 1976[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
New Progressive Baltasar Corrada del Río 705,162 48.93
Popular Democratic Jaime Benitez (inc.) 663,160 46.01
Puerto Rican Independence Baltasar Quinones Elias 72,988 5.06
Total votes 1,441,310 100.00
New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic

See also

References

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