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Puerto Rico General Elections of 2004
The Puerto Rico General Elections of 2004 took place on Election Day, Tuesday, November 2, 2004. After a count by the State Commission of Elections, the winner was inaugurated to a four-year term as Governor of Puerto Rico on January 2, 2005.
The post of Governor of Puerto Rico and the entire House of Representatives and the entire Senate, as well as the Mayors of the municipalities of Puerto Rico, and the Resident Commissioner were also elected for four-year terms.
For the first time in Puerto Rican history, citizens unable to mobilize to voting colleges for medical reasons, but capable of practicing their right to vote, were visited in their own homes and hospitals so that they could exercise their vote. Similarly, prisoners mentally capable, exercised their vote days earlier, being Puerto Rico the only country of the world where those condemned are allowed to vote.
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Candidates for Governor
- Anibal Acevedo Vila for the Popular Democratic Party
- Pedro Rosello for the New Progressive Party
- Ruben Berrios for the Puerto Rican Independence Party
Candidates for Resident Commissioner
- Edwin Irizarry Mora for the Puerto Rican Independence Party
- Luis Fortuņo for the New Progressive Party
- Roberto Prats for the Popular Democratic Party
Results
Main article: Results of the Puerto Rico General Elections of 2004.
The 2004 General Elections were the second closest in Puerto Rican history. PPD candidate Anibal Acevedo Vila got 953, 459 votes, or 48.36%. PNP candidate Pedro Rossello received 949, 579 votes, or 48.19%. Ruben Berrios received 52,660 votes, or 2.5%.
Anibal Acevedo Vila was ultimately the winner of the election, but Puerto Rican Law requires that a full recount of the election be carried out since the margin of victory was so small. The full recount was carried, reconfirming Acevedo Vila's lead on the electoral polls. When Acevedo became Governor, he was the first Governor in Puerto Rican history that does not have a Resident Commissioner of his same party, since Luis Fortuņo of the PNP won the election against Roberto Prats for the post of Resident Commissioner.
External link
- State Commission of Elections of Puerto Rico - official site (in Spanish)
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