Puerto Rican general election, 2000
- Puerto Rican general election, 2000
The Puerto Rico General Elections of 2000 took place on Election Day, Tuesday, November 7, 2000. 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, 2001.
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.
Candidates for Governor
* Sila Maria Calderon for the Popular Democratic Party
* Carlos Pesquera for the New Progressive Party
* Ruben Berrios for the Puerto Rican Independence Party
Candidates for Resident Commissioner
* Anibal Acevedo Vila for the Popular Democratic Party
* Carlos Romero Barcelo for the New Progressive Party
* Manuel Rodriguez Orellana for the Puerto Rican Independence Party
Preliminary results
Results were announced by the State Commission of Elections (CEE-PUR) on November 7–8, 2000 after the voting colleges closed on November 7 at 3:00 p.m. AST.
Once the official winners were announced, they were inaugurated to a four-year term on January 2, 2001.
Official results
A total of 2,015,987 citizens casted their vote for the general elections, for a participation of 82% of registered voters voters, [CEEPU Scrutiny Summary] and approximately 52% of the island's 3.8 million residents. [Census 2000 Data]
Governor
House of Representatives
Municipalities (Mayors)
Notes
References
# [http://www.ceepur.net.pr/elecciones2000/escrutinio/resumen.html 2000 General Elections Scrutiny Summary] ("Elecciones Generales 2000: Resumen del Escrutinio"), Commission of Elections of Puerto Rico (CEEPUR)
# [http://www.census.gov/census2000/states/pr.html Census 2000 Data for Puerto Rico] , U.S. Census
External links
* [http://www.ceepur.org State Commission of Elections of Puerto Rico] - official site (in Spanish)
* [http://electionspuertorico.org/home_en.html Elections in Puerto Rico. org]
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