Elections in Puerto Rico - Summary of The November 4, 2008 Elections

Summary of The November 4, 2008 Elections

Party Pre-Election
Seats
District
Votes
District
Seats
% of
Votes
At-Large
Votes
At-Large
Seats
% of
Votes
+/- Total
New Progressive 17 1,887,968 11 52.72 913,907 6 48.4 +5 22
Popular Democratic 9 1,535,545 5 42.88 818,770 4 43.4 -4 5
Puerto Rican Independence 1 76,555 0 2.14 82,577 1 4.41 0 0
Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico 0 79,386 0 2.21 37,457 0 2.92 0 0
Independent 0 - 0 0.0 16,269 0 0.87 0 0
Others 0 1,572 0 0.0 549 0 0.00 0 0
Total 27 3,581,026 16 1,869,529 11 27

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