2020 Puerto Rico Senate election

2020 Puerto Rico Senate elections
← 2016 November 3, 2020 2024 →
All 27 seats in the Senate of Puerto Rico
14 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader José Luis Dalmau Thomas Rivera Schatz Ana Irma Rivera Lassén
Party Popular Democratic New Progressive Citizens' Victory
Leader since January 2, 2021 January 2, 2017 January 2, 2021
Seats before 7[a] 21 0
Seats after 12 10 2
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 11 Increase 2
Popular vote 1,158,166 1,198,707 445,996
Percentage 34.63% 35.85% 13.34%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader María de Lourdes Santiago Joanne Rodríguez Veve Vargas Vidot
Party Independence Project Dignity Independent
Leader since January 2, 2021 January 2, 2021 January 2, 2017
Seats before 1 0 1
Seats after 1 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 330,301 143,692 67,151
Percentage 9.88% 4.30% 2.01%
Election results:
     PPD gain
     PPD hold      PNP hold
     MVC gain      PD gain
     PIP hold      Independent hold
President of the Senate before election

Thomas Rivera Schatz
New Progressive

Elected President of the Senate

José Dalmau Santiago
Popular Democratic

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The 2020 Puerto Rico Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the members of the 27th Senate of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the Governor, the Resident Commissioner, the House of Representatives, and the mayors of the 78 municipalities. The winners will be elected to a four-year term from January 2, 2021, to January 2, 2025.

The New Progressive Party lost their two-thirds super-majority, but the Popular Democratic Party failed to win the 14 seats needed for a majority. The Puerto Rican Independence Party and Independent senator Vargas Vidot retained their seats, while the Citizen's Victory Movement and Project Dignity gained 2 and 1 seats respectively. José Luis Dalmau (PPD) was elected Senate President on January 2.
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