Political party strength in Puerto Rico

The political party strength in Puerto Rico has been held by different political parties in the history of Puerto Rico. Today, that strength is primarily held by two parties, namely:

Pie Chart (PNP 39.50%, PPD 34.70%, PIP 6.90%, MVC 12.22%, PD 6.68%)
Political Party Strength in Puerto Rico 2020

The rest of the strength is held by three minority parties[2]

Before the 1952 Constitution

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the United States insular area of Puerto Rico after 1898:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the territorial or Commonwealth:

The Puerto Rican parties are as follows:

  Acción Cristiana (AC),   Alianza Puertorriqueña (AP),   Coalición* (C),   Estadista (E),   Estadista Puertorriqueño (EP),   Estadista Republicano (ER),   Puerto Rican Independence (PIP),   Liberal (L),   Movimiento Unión Soberanista (MUS),   Nonpartisan (NP),   New Progressive Party (PNP),   Popular Democratic Party (PPD),   People's Party (P),   Working People's Party (PT/PPT),   Puertorriqueños por Puerto Rico (PPR),   Republicano Puertorriqueño (RP),   Socialista Obrero (SO),   Socialist (PSP),   Unionist (U), and   Unión Republicana Progresista (URP).
*Coalición was an electoral coalition, not a party.

For a particular year, the noted partisan composition is that which either took office during that year or which maintained the office throughout the entire year. Only changes made outside of regularly scheduled elections are noted as affecting the partisan composition during a particular year. Shading is determined by the final result of any mid-cycle changes in partisan affiliation.

Year Executive office Legislative Assembly U.S. House[4]
Governor Senate House
1901 appointed under
United States
colonial administration 		[5] unknown[6] Federico Degetau (RP)
1902
1903
1904
1905 U majority[6] Tulio Larrínaga (U)
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911 Luis Muñoz Rivera (U)
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917 13U, 5RP, 1S unknown Félix Córdova Dávila (U)
1918
1919
1920
1921 15U, 3RP, 1S
1922
1923
1924
1925 17AP, 2U
1926
1927
1928
1929 11AP, 7SC, 1PH
1930
1931
1932
José Lorenzo Pesquera (NP)
1933 14C, 5L C majority Santiago Iglesias (C)
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939 Bolívar Pagán (C)
1940
1941 10PPD, 9U PPD majority
1942
1943
1944
1945 17PPD, 1URP, 1S Jesús T. Piñero (PPD)
1946
Antonio Fernós Isern (PPD)
1947
1948
1949 Luis Muñoz Marín (PPD) 17PPD, 1S, 1EP
1950
1951
1952

After the 1952 Constitution

Year Governor Legislative Assembly United States Congress
Territorial Senate Territorial House Resident Commissioner Shadow Senator Shadow Senator Shadow Representatives
1953 Luis Muñoz Marín (PPD/I) 23 PPD, 5 PIP 4 PER[c] Antonio Fernós Isern (PPD/D) no such office
1954
1955
1956
1957 23 PPD, 6 PER, 3 PIP[c]
1958
1959
1960
1961 23 PPD, 9 PER, 1 Ind[c]
1962
1963
1964
1965 Roberto Sánchez Vilella (PPD/D) 23 PPD, 9 PER[c] Santiago Polanco-Abreu (PPD/D)
1966
1967
1968
1969 Luis A. Ferré (PNP/R) 17 PPD, 10 PNP 28 PNP, 23 PPD Jorge Luis Córdova (PNP/D)
1970
1971
1972
1973 Rafael Hernández Colón (PPD/D) 20 PPD, 6 PNP, 1 PIP Jaime Benítez Rexach (PPD/D)
1974
1975
1976
1977 Carlos Romero Barceló (PNP/R) 14 PPD, 13 PNP Baltasar Corrada del Río (PNP/D)
1978
1979 Carlos Romero Barceló (PNP/D)[7]
1980
1981 15 PPD, 12 PNP 25 PPD, 25 PNP, 1 I
1982
1983
1984
1985 Rafael Hernández Colón (PPD/D) 18 PPD, 8 PNP, 1 PIP[c] Jaime Fuster (PPD/D)[8]
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992 Antonio Colorado (PPD/D)[9]
1993 Pedro Rosselló (PNP/D) 21 PNP, 7 PPD, 1 PIP[c] Carlos Romero Barceló (PNP/D)
1994
1995
1996
1997 19 PNP, 8 PPD, 1 PIP[c] 37 PNP, 16 PPD, 1 PIP
1998
1999
2000
2001 Sila María Calderón (PPD/D) 19 PPD, 8 PNP, 1 PIP[c] 29 PPD, 21 PNP, 1 PIP Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PPD/D)
2002
2003
2004
2005 Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PPD/D) 15 PNP, 11 PPD, 1 PIP 32 PNP, 18 PPD, 1 PIP Luis Fortuño (PNP/R)
2006
2007
2008
2009 Luis Fortuño (PNP/R) 22 PNP, 9 PPD[c] 37 PNP, 17 PPD Pedro Pierluisi (PNP/D)
2010
2011
2012
2013 Alejandro García Padilla (PPD/D) 18 PPD, 8 PNP, 1 PIP[c] 28 PPD, 23 PNP
2014
2015
2016
2017 Ricardo Rosselló (PNP/D) 21 PNP, 7 PPD,
1 PIP, 1 Ind[c][d] 		34 PNP, 16 PPD,
1 PIP 		Jenniffer González-Colón (PNP/R) Zoraida Fonalledas (PNP/R)[10] Carlos Romero Barceló (PNP/D)[10] 2 PNP/D, 2 PNP/R,
1 Ind[10]
2018
2019 Wanda Vázquez Garced (PNP/R)[11]
2020 1 PNP/R, 1 PNP/D,
1 Ind, 2 Vacant
2021 Pedro Pierluisi (PNP/D) 12 PPD, 10 PNP, 2 MVC,
1 PIP, 1 PD, 1 Ind 		26 PPD, 21 PNP,
2 MVC, 1 PIP, 1 PD
Melinda Romero Donnelly (PNP/D) Zoraida Buxó (Ind) 2 PNP/D, 1 PNP/R, 1 Ind
2022 25 PPD, 21 PNP,
2 MVC, 1 PIP, 1 PD, 1 Ind[e]
2023
2 PNP/D, 1 PNP/R, 1 Vacant[f]
2024 1 PNP/D, 1 PNP/R, 2 Vacant[g]
2025 Jenniffer González-Colón (PNP/R) 20 PNP, 5 PPD, 2 PIP, 1 PD, 1 Ind[c][h] 36 PNP, 13 PPD, 1 PIP, 1 PD Pablo Hernández Rivera (PDP/D)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Party platform 2012 (in Spanish) p. 248. "El Partido Popular Democrático reafirma que el Estado Libre Asociado es la opción de estatus que mejor representa las aspiraciones del Pueblo de Puerto Rico."[1]
  2. ^ Party platform 2012 (in Spanish) p. 248 "El Partido Popular Democrático apoya firmemente el desarrollo del Estado Libre Asociado hasta el máximo de autonomía compatible con los principios de unión permanente con los Estados Unidos y la ciudadanía americana de los puertorriqueños. El Partido Popular rechaza cualquier modificación de estatus que se aparte de estos principios y que atente contra nuestra nacionalidad puertorriqueña o que menoscabe nuestra identidad lingüística y cultural."[1]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Per Article III of the Puerto Rico Constitution, if a party wins more than a two-thirds majority (18 out of 27 seats) in the Senate, seats must be added to preserve minority parties' power, equal to the number of seats over the 18-seat threshold.
  4. ^ Three seats were added and awarded to the PPD.
  5. ^ PPD Rep. Luis Raúl Torres Cruz left the party and registered as an Independent.
  6. ^ Independent shadow representative Elizabeth Torres Rodriguez was removed from her position.
  7. ^ Shadow representative María Meléndez resigned July 2023
  8. ^ Two seats were added and awarded to the PIP and an Independent.

References

  1. ^ a b "Plataforma de Gobierno 2012" (in Spanish). Popular Democratic Party. May 2, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
  2. ^ "CEE Event". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  3. ^ "Senadores en Puerto Rico, 1917–2007" (PDF). Senate of Puerto Rico. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 15, 2009.
  4. ^ Puerto Rico is represented in the United States Congress by a nonvoting delegate, formally called a Resident Commissioner.
  5. ^ Senate established in 1917 by the Jones-Shafroth Act.
  6. ^ a b Unicameral legislature named House of Delegates.
  7. ^ Gov. Barceló switched national parties to the Democratic Party
  8. ^ Appointed to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
  9. ^ Appointed to fill vacancy.
  10. ^ a b c Appointed by Gov. Roselló on July 3 after the results of the 2017 status referendum and confirmed by the Puerto Rican Senate on August 15. [1]
  11. ^ Pedro Pierluisi (PNP) served as de facto Governor from August 2 to August 9, 2019 when his appointment as Secretary of State (and therefore his succession to the office of Governor) was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. (see also Telegramgate)