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Upcoming Elections

  • Legislative
    June 2016

Puerto Rico
  • Puerto Rico
  • Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
  • Region: Americas

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Barack H. OBAMA
  • Head of Government: Governor Alejandro Javier GARCIA PADILLA
  • Assembly: Puerto Rico has a bicameral Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) consisting of the Senate (Senado) with 27 seats and the House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes) with 51 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by an electoral college to serve a 4-year term.
  • The Governor is elected by plurality vote to serve a 4-year term.
  • In the Senate (Senado), 16 members are elected by popular vote to serve 4-year terms and 11 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms. In the House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes), 11 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms.

Population:

  • Population: 3,989,133 (July 2011 est.)

Future elections

  • Legislative - June 2016

Past elections

Last Updated on 01/10/2013

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