United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 1972

Puerto Rico's At-large district.

The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 7, 1972, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States elections, 1972.

Candidates for Resident Commissioner

Jaime Benitez for the Popular Democratic Party
Luis F. Camacho for the Puerto Rican People's Party
Jorge Luis Córdova for the New Progressive Party
Jorge Morales-Yordan for the Puerto Rican Independence Party

Election results

Puerto Rico's At-large congressional district election, 1972^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Popular Democratic	Jaime Benitez	656,885	50.93
	New Progressive	Jorge Luis Córdova (inc.)	560,119	43.43
	Puerto Rican Independence	Jorge Morales-Yordan	64,964	5.04
	Puerto Rican People's	Luis F. Camacho	4,854	0.38
	N/A		2,939	0.23
Total votes			1,289,761	100.00
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

See also

Puerto Rican general election, 1972

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf

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