2012 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico

The election for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 6, 2012, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States general elections, 2012.

2012 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico
November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
 
Candidate Pedro Pierluisi Rafael Cox Alomar
Party New Progressive Popular Democratic
Alliance Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 905,066 881,181
Percentage 48.4% 47.2%
Resident Commissioner before election

Pedro Pierluisi
New Progressive

 Elected Resident Commissioner

Pedro Pierluisi
New Progressive

The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is the only member of the United States House of Representatives who is elected every four years instead of a two-year term.

Incumbent Resident Representative Pedro Pierluisi of the New Progressive Party (NPP) (who caucuses with the Democratic Party), who was first elected in 2008, narrowly won reelection for a second term.[1] Pierluisi defeated his closest opponent, Rafael Cox Alomar of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (PPD) by almost 1.3%.[1]

Election results
Election results, Resident Representative to the United States House of Representatives, November 6, 2012[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
New Progressive Pedro Pierluisi (inc.) 905,066 48.44
Popular Democratic Rafael Cox Alomar 881,181 47.16
Puerto Rican Independence Juan Manuel Mercado 38,941 2.08
Worker's People Party Félix Córdova Iturregu 13,120 0.70
Movimiento Unión Soberanista María de Lourdes Guzmán 11,764 0.63
Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Sadiasept Guillont 5,647 0.30
Independent Others/Write-in candidates 12,761 0.68
Total votes 1,868,480 100
New Progressive hold

See also

References
  1. "Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuno loses re-election". Voxxi. 2012-11-07. Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  2. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2012election.pdf
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