Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, 2016

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November 8, 2016

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Turnout

55.10%


Nominee	Ricardo Rosselló	David Bernier
Party	New Progressive	Popular Democratic
Popular vote	655,626	610,956
Percentage	41.8%	38.9%


Nominee	Alexandra Lúgaro	Manuel Cidre
Party	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	174,529	89,890
Percentage	11.1%	5.7%

Governor before election

Alejandro García Padilla
Popular Democratic

Elected Governor

Ricardo Rosselló
New Progressive

Alejandro García Padilla
Popular Democratic

Ricardo Rosselló
New Progressive

The 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor of Puerto Rico. Incumbent Popular Democratic Governor Alejandro García Padilla did not run for re-election to a second term in office. The election was won by Ricardo Rosselló, who received 41% of the vote in a four-way race.

Ricky Rossello won the primaries of New Progressive Party by securing 51.09% votes against Pedro Pierluisi's 48.91% votes.

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