2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election

The 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor of Puerto Rico. The incumbent Popular Democratic Governor Alejandro García Padilla did not run for re-election. The election was won by Ricardo Rosselló, who received 41% of the vote in a four-way race.

2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election

November 8, 2016
Turnout	55.1%[1]
Nominee Ricardo Rosselló David Bernier Party New Progressive Popular Democratic Alliance Democratic Democratic Popular vote 655,626 610,956 Percentage 41.8% 38.9%   Nominee Alexandra Lúgaro Manuel Cidre Party Independent Independent Popular vote 174,529 89,890 Percentage 11.1% 5.7%
Governor before election Alejandro García Padilla Popular Democratic Elected Governor Ricardo Rosselló New Progressive

Popular Democratic Party

Declared

• David Bernier, former Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, former President of the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee and former Puerto Rico Secretary of Sports and Recreation[2]

Declined

• Alejandro García Padilla, incumbent Governor[3]

New Progressive Party primary

Declared

• Pedro Pierluisi, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico and former Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico[4]
• Ricky Rosselló, activist, political commentator and son of former governor Pedro Rosselló[5]

Ricky Rossello won the primaries of New Progressive Party by securing 51.09% votes against Pedro Pierluisi's 48.91% votes.

Puerto Rican Independence Party

Declared

• María de Lourdes Santiago, state senator, attorney and journalist[6]

Independent

Declared

• Alexandra Lúgaro, attorney and businesswoman[7]
• Manuel Cidre, businessman[8]

Results

Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Ricardo Rosselló Nevares	660,510	41.80%	5.37
	Popular Democratic	David Bernier	614,190	38.87%	8.80
	Independent	Alexandra Lúgaro	175,831	11.13%	N/A
	Independent	Manuel Cidre	90,494	5.73%	N/A
	Puerto Rican Independence	María De Lourdes Santiago	33,729	2.13%	0.39
	Worker's People Party	Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl	5,430	0.34%	0.64
Majority			46,320	6.76%	+11.2
Turnout			1,589,991	55.10	-17.12
	New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic
	Democratic hold

See also

• Puerto Rican general election, 2016
• New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, 2016
• Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries, 2016

References

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2. Brown, Nick (December 16, 2015). "Bernier plans to announce Puerto Rico governor bid Wednesday". Reuters. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
3. "Puerto Rico governor will not seek reelection". Yahoo. December 15, 2015. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
4. Estrada Torres, Michelle (August 9, 2015). "Pierluisi inaugura comité de campaña en Bayamón". Primera Hora (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
5. "Analistas opinan que candidatura de Ricky Rosselló le conviene al PPD". Primera Hora (in Spanish). September 21, 2015. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
6. Suárez Torres, Limarys (March 15, 2016). "Opiniones encontradas ante resultados de la encuesta". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
7. Ugarte, Rodrigo (21 April 2015). "Puerto Rico's Alexandra Lúgaro, First Independent Candidate for Governor, Unveils Plan for the Future". Latin Post. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
8. Figueroa, Alex (9 November 2015). "Manuel Cidre quiere ser gobernador" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Día. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.