Puerto Rico General Elections of 2008

Puerto Rican general election, 2008

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Nominee Luis Fortuño Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Party New Progressive Popular Democratic Popular vote 1,025,965 801,071 Percentage 52.77% 41.29%
Election results map. Blue denotes municipalities won by Fortuño, and Red denotes those won by Acevedo Vilá.
Governor before election Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Popular Democratic Elected Governor Luis Fortuño New Progressive

Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
Popular Democratic

Luis Fortuño
New Progressive

The Puerto Rico general election of 2008 were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government that would serve for the next four years, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico.

The election was won by incumbent Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuño (from the New Progressive Party), who defeated the incumbent Governor, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (from the Popular Democratic Party). Fortuño received 1,025,965 votes, and Acevedo Vilá 801,071. Also, most of the other positions were won by the candidates of the PNP, who ended up with a majority of seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The elections occurred after one term of what was called "shared government", as a result of the 2004 elections. Because of this, the island had a Governor from one party (Acevedo Vilá), while the opposing party held a majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The struggles faced by the opposing parties attempts at cooperation, mixed with the global economic crisis, paved the campaign for this elections. Also, Acevedo Vilá was facing criminal accusations at the time.