1976 Puerto Rican general election
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| Turnout | 86.09% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by municipality Barceló: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Colón: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Resident Commissioner election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 2, 1976. Carlos Romero Barceló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was elected Governor, whilst the PNP also won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was 86.1%.