2020 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election

2020 Puerto Rico House of Representatives elections

November 3, 2020
All 51 seats in the House of Representatives 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Tatito Hernández Johnny Méndez Mariana Nogales Molinelli Party Popular Democratic New Progressive Citizens' Victory Leader since January 3, 2017 January 3, 2017 Seats before 16 34 New Seats after 26 21 2 Seat change 10 13 2 Popular vote 850,805 823,864 276,898 Percentage 37.42% 36.23% 12.18%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Denis Márquez Lebrón Lisie Burgos Muñiz Party Independence Project Dignity Seats before 1 New Seats after 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 221,837 97,430 Percentage 9.76% 4.28%
Election results:      PNP gain      PPD gain      PNP hold      PPD hold      MVC gain      Project Dignity gain      PIP hold
Speaker of the House before election Johnny Méndez New Progressive Elected Speaker of the House Tatito Hernández Popular Democratic

The 2020 Puerto Rico House of Representative election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the members of the 31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the governor, the Resident Commissioner, the Senate, and the mayors of the 78 municipalities. The winners were elected to a four-year term from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2025.

The New Progressive Party lost their 2/3 majority. The Popular Democratic Party narrowly surpassed the 26-seat threshold, and acquired the 1/2 majority. The Puerto Rican Independence Party retained their seat, while the Citizen's Victory Movement and Project Dignity gained two and one seat, respectively.

Summary

172 candidates were running for representative:

• New Progressive Party (PNP) had 46 candidates, 30 of whom were incumbent.
• Popular Democratic Party (PPD) had 46 candidates, 11 of whom were incumbent.
• Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) had 41 candidates, one of whom was incumbent.
• Citizen’s Victory Movement (MVC) had 28 candidates.
• Project Dignity (PD) had eight candidates.
• Three candidates were independent.

House of Representatives composition

30th House of Representatives (2017–2021)

PNP1	PNP2	PNP3	PNP4	PNP5	PNP6	PNP7	PNP8	PNP9	PNP10	PNP11
PNP12	PNP13	PNP14	PNP15	PNP16	PNP17	PNP18	PNP19	PNP20	PNP21	PNP22
PNP23	PNP24	PNP25	PNP26	PNP27	PNP28	PNP29	PNP30	PNP31	PNP32	PNP33
PNP34	PPD1	PPD2	PPD3	PPD4	PPD5	PPD6	PPD7	PPD8	PPD9	PPD10
PPD11	PPD12	PPD13	PPD14	PPD15	PPD16	PIP1

31st House of Representatives (2021–2025)

PPD1	PPD2	PPD3	PPD4	PPD5	PPD6	PPD7	PPD8	PPD9	PPD10	PPD11
PPD12	PPD13	PPD14	PPD15	PPD16	PPD17	PPD18	PPD19	PPD20	PPD21	PPD22
PPD23	PPD24	PPD25	PPD26	PNP1	PNP2	PNP3	PNP4	PNP5	PNP6	PNP7
PNP8	PNP9	PNP10	PNP11	PNP12	PNP13	PNP14	PNP15	PNP16	PNP17	PNP18
PNP19	PNP20	PNP21	MVC1	MVC2	PIP1	PD1

Results

Summary

Parties		District			At-large			Total seats	Composition	±
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Popular Democratic Party (PPD)	436,522	39.04%	24	414,283	35.84%	2	26	26 / 51	10
	New Progressive Party (PNP)	435,930	38.99%	16	387,934	33.57%	5	21	21 / 51	13
	Citizen's Victory Movement (MVC)	125,489	11.22%	0	151,409	13.10%	2	2	2 / 51	2
	Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP)	98,864	8.84%	0	122,973	10.64%	1	1	1 / 51
	Project Dignity (PD)	18,264	1.63%	0	79,166	6.85%	1	1	1 / 51	1
	Independents	3,059	0.27%	0	0	0	0	0	0 / 51
Total		1,118,128	100.0	40	1,155,765	100.0	11	51

At-large Representatives

2020 Puerto Rico At-Large Representative election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Héctor Ferrer Santiago	134,587	11.64%
	Independence	Denis Márquez Lebrón (incumbent)	122,973	10.64%
	Citizens' Victory	Mariana Nogales Molinelli	85,727	7.42%
	Project Dignity	Lisie J. Burgos Muñiz	79,166	6.85%
	New Progressive	José Torres Zamora (incumbent)	77,449	6.70%
	Popular Democratic	Jesús Ortiz González (incumbent)	67,471	5.84%
	New Progressive	José "Quiquito" Meléndez (incumbent)	66,939	5.79%
	Citizens' Victory	Jose Bernando Márquez	65,682	5.68%
	New Progressive	José Aponte Hernández (incumbent)	64,017	5.54%
	New Progressive	Néstor Alonso Vega (incumbent)	61,883	5.35%
	New Progressive	Lourdes Ramos (incumbent)	59,461	5.14%
	New Progressive	Jorge Emmanuel Báez Pagán	58,185	5.03%
	Popular Democratic	Enid Monge	55,475	4.80%
	Popular Democratic	Keyliz Méndez Torres	54,656	4.73%
	Popular Democratic	Yaramary Torres	53,295	4.61%
	Popular Democratic	Gabriel López Arrieta	48,799	4.22%
Total votes			1,155,765	100.00%
Turnout			1,232,679	52.32%

District Representatives

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Representative District 1

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 1 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Eddie Charbonier Chinea (incumbent)	10,506	42.35%
	Citizens' Victory	Alberto Derkes de Leon	5,948	23.98%
	Popular Democratic	Rosario Tata	5,634	22.71%
	Independence	Carmen Santiago Negrón	2,720	10.96%
Turnout			24,808
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 2

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 2 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Luis Torres Cruz (incumbent)	8,166	31.54%
	New Progressive	Ricardo Rey Ocasio	8,003	30.91%
	Citizens' Victory	Fernando Villaespesa	6,285	24.28%
	Independence	Dario Ortiz González	3,164	12.22%
	Independent	Julio Vargas Cruz	270	1.04%
Turnout			25,888
	Popular Democratic hold

Representative District 3

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 3 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Juan Morales Rodríguez (incumbent)	8,590	35.14%
	Citizens' Victory	Eva Prado Rodríguez	8,462	34.61%
	Popular Democratic	José Ortiz	5,898	24.13%
	Independence	Ángel Alicea Montañez	1,497	6.12%
Turnout			24,447
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 4

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 4 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Victor Parés (incumbent)	10,189	33.20%
	Popular Democratic	Manuel Calderón Cerame	9,640	31.41%
	Citizens' Victory	Rafaela Esteves Agramonte	6,921	22.55%
	Independence	Marian Ortiz Vargas	3,937	12.83%
Turnout			30,687
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 5

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 5 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Jorge Navarro (incumbent)	11,277	35.16%
	Popular Democratic	Roberto Zayas	8,764	27.32%
	Citizens' Victory	Carlos Ávila Pacheco	6,565	20.47%
	Independence	Alfonzo Questell Ortiz	2,841	8.86%
	Project Dignity	Ricardo Rodríguez Quiles	2,630	8.20%
Turnout			32,077
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 6

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 6 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Antonio Soto (incumbent)	13,547	44.87%
	Popular Democratic	Noemí Andújar	7,573	25.08%
	Citizens' Victory	Alex Rodríguez Rodríguez	6,471	21.43%
	Independence	Jaime Rodríguez Rivera	2,603	8.62%
Turnout			30,194
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 7

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 7 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Luis Pérez Ortiz (incumbent)	11,064	42.03%
	Popular Democratic	Janice Nieves	7,112	27.02%
	Citizens' Victory	Carmen Pagán Cabrera	5,187	19.70%
	Independence	Mario Maldonado Ramírez	2,962	11.25%
Turnout			26,325
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 8

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 8 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Yashira Lebrón (incumbent)	10,373	39.33%
	Popular Democratic	Eric Bonilla Latoni	6,092	23.10%
	Citizens' Victory	Moraima Rodríguez	5,303	20.11%
	Independence	Jesús Dávila Molina	2,405	9.12%
	Project Dignity	Paul Rodríguez González	2,202	8.35%
Turnout			26,375
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 9

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 9 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Yazzer Morales Díaz	9,801	38.22%
	Popular Democratic	Noelia Ramos Vázquez	9,093	35.46%
	Citizens' Victory	Edna Vázquez Díaz	4,550	17.74%
	Independence	Iván Sánchez Almodovar	2,199	8.56%
Turnout			25,643
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 10

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 10 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Deborah Soto Arroyo	9,950	44.26%
	New Progressive	Pedro Santiago Guzman (incumbent)	9,609	42.74%
	Independence	Roberto Jusino Serrano	2,922	13.00%
Turnout			22,481
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 11

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 11 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Rafael Hernandez (incumbent)	11,357	38.84%
	New Progressive	Isabela Molina	10,731	36.69%
	Citizens' Victory	Lousif Nevárez de Garcia	4,568	15.62%
	Independence	Guillermo Martínez Rivera	2,588	8.85%
Turnout			29,244
	Popular Democratic hold

Representative District 12

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 12 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Edgardo Feliciano	11,807	39.79%
	New Progressive	Javier Parés	11,061	37.27%
	Citizens' Victory	Edwin Marrero Santiago	5,465	18.41%
	Independence	Ángel Santana	1,344	4.53%
Turnout			29,677
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 13

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 13 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Gabriel Rodríguez (incumbent)	12,656	41.23%
	Popular Democratic	Brian Casais García	12,349	40.23%
	Citizens' Victory	José Cintrón	3,223	10.50%
	Independence	Yahaira Velázquez Correa	2,471	8.05%
Turnout			30,699
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 14

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 14 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	José González (incumbent)	11,862	43.43%
	Popular Democratic	Juan Torres	9,043	33.11%
	Project Dignity	Edwin Mieles Richard	2,892	10.59%
	Citizens' Victory	Ismael Rodríguez Medina	2,338	8.56%
	Independence	Héctor Guillermo Díaz	1,176	4.31%
Turnout			27,311
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 15

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 15 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Joel Franqui Atiles (incumbent)	14,769	46.97%
	Popular Democratic	Armando Legarreta Raíces	14,205	45.17%
	Independence	Fernando Babilonia Aguilar	2,471	7.86%
Turnout			31,445
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 16

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 16 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Eladio Cardonia	15,847	49.30%
	New Progressive	Félix Lassalle Toro (incumbent)	13,969	43.46%
	Independence	Pedro Méndez Acosta	2,326	7.24%
Turnout			32,142
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 17

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 17 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Wilson Roman (incumbent)	14,101	47.14%
	Popular Democratic	David Villanueva	11,711	39.15%
	Citizens' Victory	Santiago Concepción	2,442	8.16%
	Independence	Hector Santaella Buitrago	1,661	5.55%
Turnout			29,915
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 18

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 18 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Jessi Cortés Ramos	14,961	43.53%
	New Progressive	Jose Pérez Cordero (incumbent)	14,895	43.34%
	Citizens' Victory	Pedro Acevedo Vargas	3,099	9.02%
	Independence	Antonio Vargas Morales	1,416	4.12%
Turnout			34,371
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 19

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 19 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Jocelyne Rodríguez Negrón	9,892	41.34%
	New Progressive	Maricarmen Mas (incumbent)	8,541	35.70%
	Citizens' Victory	Yadira Vázquez Rivera	3,102	12.96%
	Independence	Jose Muñiz Quiñones	2,392	10.00%
Turnout			23,927
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 20

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 20 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Kebin Maldonado Martinez	11,669	39.89%
	New Progressive	Emilio Carlo	10,155	34.71%
	Citizens' Victory	Noé Ramírez Ramírez	4,087	13.97%
	Independence	Milagros Martínez Pérez	3,344	11.43%
Turnout			29,255
	Popular Democratic hold

Representative District 21

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 21 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Lydia Méndez (incumbent)	12,122	42.29%
	New Progressive	Yamilet González Alicea	11,870	41.42%
	Citizens' Victory	Andrés Acosta Mercado	2,867	10.00%
	Independence	Jaime Camacho Román	1,802	6.29%
Turnout			28,661
	Popular Democratic hold

Representative District 22

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 22 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Jorge Alfredo Rivera	15,049	48.44%
	New Progressive	Michael Quiñones (incumbent)	14,483	46.61%
	Independence	Edna Quiñones	1,538	4.95%
Turnout			31,070
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 23

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 23 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	José Rivera Madera	11,017	37.96%
	New Progressive	Victor Torres (incumbent)	10,816	37.27%
	Citizens' Victory	Saime Figueroa Rodríguez	4,803	16.55%
	Independence	Jimmy Borrero	2,385	8.22%
Turnout			29,021
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 24

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 24 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Ángel Fourquet	9,024	36.34%
	New Progressive	José Bachs Alemán (incumbent)	7,944	31.99%
	Citizens' Victory	Reinaldo Colón Alonso	3,325	13.39%
	Project Dignity	Luis Salinas	2,353	9.48%
	Independence	Carlos Reyes Alonso	2,185	8.80%
Turnout			24,831
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 25

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 25 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Domingo Torres Garcia	11,453	42.08%
	New Progressive	Jacqueline Rodríguez (incumbent)	10,021	36.82%
	Independence	Gerardo Cruz López	2,908	10.68%
	Project Dignity	José Hernández Pagán	2,837	10.42%
Turnout			27,219
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 26

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 26 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Orlando Aponte Rosario	18,096	51.80%
	New Progressive	Urayoán Hernández (incumbent)	14,636	41.89%
	Independence	Calixto Negrón Aponte	2,203	6.31%
Turnout			34,935
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 27

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 27 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Estrella Martínez Soto	14,230	48.39%
	New Progressive	Manuel Claudio (incumbent)	11,850	40.30%
	Independence	Rafael Rosario Rivera	3,327	11.31%
Turnout			29,407
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 28

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 28 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Juan Santiago Nieves	17,059	46.60%
	New Progressive	Rafael June Rivera (incumbent)	14,251	38.93%
	Citizens' Victory	José Daniel Rodríguez	3,894	10.64%
	Independence	Roy Ayala Pérez	1,402	3.83%
Turnout			36,606
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 29

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 29 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	José Díaz Collazo (incumbent)	13,093	49.64%
	New Progressive	Lisandro Morales Vázquez	9,024	34.21%
	Independence	Fernando Maldonado Morales	4,259	16.15%
Turnout			26,376
	Popular Democratic hold

Representative District 30

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 30 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Luis Ortiz Lugo (incumbent)	12,160	49.16%
	New Progressive	Héctor Torres	10,017	40.49%
	Independence	Eduardo Soto	2,561	10.35%
Turnout			24,738
	Popular Democratic hold

Representative District 31

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 31 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Jesús Santa Rodríguez (incumbent)	10,369	32.84%
	New Progressive	Vimarie Peña Dávila	10,255	32.48%
	Citizens' Victory	César García Martínez	4,994	15.82%
	Independence	Luis Domenech Sepúlveda	3,675	11.64%
	Project Dignity	Raúl Colón Rodríguez	2,279	7.22%
Turnout			31,572
	Popular Democratic hold

Representative District 32

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 32 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	José Varela (incumbent)	8,558	35.43%
	New Progressive	José Figueroa	7,146	29.58%
	Citizens' Victory	Maritza Maymí Hernández	5,420	22.44%
	Independence	Jesús Roque	3,034	12.56%
Turnout			24,158
	Popular Democratic hold

Representative District 33

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 33 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Ángel Peña Jr. (incumbent)	13,257	49.91%
	Popular Democratic	Luis Collazo Negrón	9,757	36.73%
	Independence	Gloria Santana Velázquez	3,548	13.36%
Turnout			26,562
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 34

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 34 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Ramón Cruz Burgos (incumbent)	16,719	52.18%
	New Progressive	Félix Figueroa	13,098	40.88%
	Independence	Carlos Rosado Dávila	2,227	6.95%
Turnout			32,044
	Popular Democratic hold

Representative District 35

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 35 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Sol Higgins	11,892	49.26%
	New Progressive	Alejandro Martínez Burgos	7,933	32.86%
	Independent	Samuel Pagán Cuadrado	2,321	9.61%
	Independence	Ricardo Díaz Maldonado	1,996	8.27%
Turnout			24,142
	Popular Democratic gain from New Progressive

Representative District 36

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 36 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Carlos Méndez (incumbent)	9,634	44.36%
	Popular Democratic	Juan Gómez	9,364	43.11%
	Independence	Lydia Ramos Ivaldo	2,722	12.53%
Turnout			21,720
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 37

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 37 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Ángel Bulerín (incumbent)	10,639	41.31%
	Popular Democratic	Ángel Osorio Vélez	9,933	38.56%
	Project Dignity	Eilleen Ramos Rivera	3,071	11.92%
	Independence	Reginald Carrasquillo	2,114	8.21%
Turnout			25,757
	New Progressive hold

Representative District 38

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 38 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Wanda del Valle Correa	9,696	36.66%
	Popular Democratic	Luis Rivera Filomino	8,941	33.80%
	Citizens' Victory	Daniel Lugo Mercado	5,188	19.61%
	Independence	Luz Álvarez Rodríguez	2,158	8.16%
	Independent	Emmanuel Huertas	468	1.77%
Turnout			26,451
	New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic

Representative District 39

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 39 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Roberto Rivera Ruiz (incumbent)	8,949	37.18%
	New Progressive	Luis Alberto Cortés	7,012	29.13%
	Citizens' Victory	Manuel Alonso López	5,984	24.86%
	Independence	Luis Cruz Batista	2,124	8.82%
Turnout			24,069
	Popular Democratic hold

Representative District 40

2020 Puerto Rico Representative District 40 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Ángel Matos Garcia (incumbent)	7,974	36.45%
	New Progressive	Sergio Estevez	6,649	30.39%
	Citizens' Victory	Tiffany Rohena	4,998	22.84%
	Independence	María Vargas Cáceres	2,257	10.32%
Turnout			21,878
	Popular Democratic hold

References

1. AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES, November 7, 2020
2. DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES, November 7, 2020