Elections in Puerto Rico

Elections in Puerto Rico are guaranteed by Article VI of the Constitution of Puerto Rico and the Electoral Code of Puerto Rico for the 21st Century Act. All processes are overseen and managed in whole by the Puerto Rico State Elections Commission; an autonomous agency of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico.

There are three types of electoral processes that occur in Puerto Rico:

Citizens of the United States residing in Puerto Rico can not vote for their head of state, the President of the United States, due to the political status of Puerto Rico.

The latest general election was held on November 6, 2012 which resulted in the election of Alejandro Garcia Padilla as governor, Pedro Pierluisi as Resident Commissioner, the member elections of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico (including the 25th Senate of Puerto Rico and the 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico), and the election of the 2013 mayors and their respective municipal assemblies.

The latest referendum was held on the same date and resulted in Puerto Ricans expressing themselves against maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico and preferring statehood should Puerto Rico's political status change.

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