1967 Puerto Rican status referendum

1967 Puerto Rican status referendum

23 July 1967

Results
Choice
Votes %
Commonwealth 425,132 60.41%
Statehood 274,312 38.98%
Independence 4,248 0.60%
Valid votes 703,692 99.49%
Invalid or blank votes 3,601 0.51%
Total votes 707,293 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 1,067,349 66.27%

Results by municipality

A referendum on the status of the island was held in Puerto Rico on 23 July 1967.[1] Voters were given the choice between being a Commonwealth, statehood or independence. The majority of voters voted for Commonwealth status.[2][3]

The major pro-statehood party, the Partido Estadista Republicano, boycotted the referendum. As a result of its stance, several dissidents left the party to form the New Progressive Party.[4]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p555
  3. ^ "Consulta de Resultados: Plebiscito de Status del 23 de julio de 1967" [Consultation of Results: Status Plebiscite of July 23, 1967]. Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico [Puerto Rico State Commission on Elections] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2004-10-22. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  4. ^ "Historia del PNP" (in Spanish). WAPA-TV. March 15, 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved August 8, 2013.