Puerto Rican general election, 2000
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General elections were held in Puerto Rico
on 7 November 2000. Sila María Calderón
of the Popular Democratic Party
(PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was between 80% and 82%.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
on 7 November 2000. Sila María Calderón
Sila María Calderón
Sila María Calderón Serra is a Puerto Rican politician and businesswoman who served as the seventh Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. She is the first and, to date, only woman elected to that office...
of the Popular Democratic Party
Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico
The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a commonwealth....
(PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was between 80% and 82%.
Governor
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sila María Calderón Sila María Calderón Sila María Calderón Serra is a Puerto Rican politician and businesswoman who served as the seventh Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. She is the first and, to date, only woman elected to that office... |
Popular Democratic Party Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a commonwealth.... |
978,860 | 48.9 |
| Carlos Pesquera Carlos Pesquera Carlos Ignacio Pesquera Morales Ph.D. is a Puerto Rican civil engineer and former politician. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico in the elections of 2000. He is married to Irasema Rivera, an agronomist, and has one son and one daughter... |
New Progressive Party New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States of America as the 51st state... |
919,194 | 45.9 |
| Rubén Berríos Martínez | Puerto Rican Independence Party Puerto Rican Independence Party The Puerto Rican Independence Party is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from United States suzerainty.... |
104,705 | 5.2 |
| Other candidates | 709 | 0.0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,667 | – | |
| Total | 2,012,135 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Resident Commissioner
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anibal Acevedo Vilá Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the eighth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus and a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law,... |
Popular Democratic Party Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a commonwealth.... |
983,488 | 49.6 |
| Celeste Benítez | New Progressive Party New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States of America as the 51st state... |
905,690 | 45.6 |
| Manuel Rodríguez Orellana Manuel Rodríguez Orellana Manuel Rodríguez Orellana is a legal scholar, lawyer, lecturer, columnist, published poet and political leader of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement... |
Puerto Rican Independence Party Puerto Rican Independence Party The Puerto Rican Independence Party is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from United States suzerainty.... |
95,067 | 4.8 |
| Other candidates | 571 | 0.0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,667 | – | |
| Total | 1,993,483 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
House of Representatives
| Party | Constituency | National list | Seats | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Popular Democratic Party Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a commonwealth.... |
934,611 | 47.9 | 857,614 | 44.3 | 30 | |
| New Progressive Party New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States of America as the 51st state... |
902,708 | 46.3 | 851,506 | 44.0 | 20 | |
| Puerto Rican Independence Party Puerto Rican Independence Party The Puerto Rican Independence Party is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from United States suzerainty.... |
112,592 | 5.8 | 224,765 | 11.6 | 1 | 0 |
| Other parties | 1,410 | 0.0 | 274 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 18,962 | – | 18,962 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,970,287 | 100 | 1,953,121 | 100 | 51 | -3 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||
Senate
| Party | Constituency | National list | Additional seats |
Total seats |
+/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Popular Democratic Party Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a commonwealth.... |
1,850,091 | 48.0 | 14 | 855,013 | 44.3 | 5 | 0 | 19 | |
| New Progressive Party New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States of America as the 51st state... |
1,778,197 | 46.2 | 2 | 856,886 | 44.4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Puerto Rican Independence Party Puerto Rican Independence Party The Puerto Rican Independence Party is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from United States suzerainty.... |
221,411 | 5.8 | 0 | 217,390 | 11.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Other parties | 676 | 0.0 | 0 | 142 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 18,982 | – | – | 18,982 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 100 | 16 | 1,948,393 | 100 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 0 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||||||||