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 Results by municipality Barceló: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Colón: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by municipality Río: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Torres: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 4, 1980.[1] Carlos Romero Barceló of the New Progressive Party (PNP) was re-elected Governor. In the House of Representatives elections the PNP received a plurality of votes, but the Popular Democratic Party won a majority of the seats. They also won a majority of seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 88%.[2]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p553