1968 Puerto Rican general election

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Gubernatorial election
Turnout	78.41%
Nominee Luis A. Ferré Luis Negrón López Roberto Sánchez Vilella Party New Progressive Popular Democratic People's Popular vote 400,815 374,040 107,359 Percentage 43.62% 40.71% 11.68%
Results by municipality Ferré:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60% López:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%
Governor before election Roberto Sánchez Vilella People's Elected Governor Luis A. Ferré New Progressive
Resident Commissioner election
Nominee Jorge Luis Córdova Santiago Polanco-Abreu Alfredo Nazario Tirado Party New Progressive Popular Democratic People's Popular vote 400,544 384,998 94,519 Percentage 43.81% 42.11% 10.34%
Results by municipality Córdova:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60% Polanco-Abreu:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%

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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 5, 1968.^[1] Luis A. Ferré of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was elected Governor. In the House of Representatives elections the PNP won a plurality of the vote, but the Popular Democratic Party won a majority of the seats. They also won a majority of seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 78%.^[2]