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:
- The New Progressive Party (PNP in Spanish) which holds about 39% of the popular vote while advocating for Puerto Rico to become a state of the United States
- The Popular Democratic Party (PPD in Spanish) which holds about 34% of the popular vote while advocating for maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico as that of a Commonwealth
The rest of the strength is held by three minority parties:
- The Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (MVC) which holds about 12% of the popular vote while advocating for a constitutional assembly and running on a progressive platform
- The Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP in Spanish) which holds about 6% of the popular vote while advocating for the independence of Puerto Rico
Before the 1952 Constitution
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the United States insular area of Puerto Rico after 1898:
- Governor
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the territorial or Commonwealth:
- Senate
- House of Representatives
- Territory delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Senate | House | ||
| 1901 | appointed under United States colonial administration | unknown | Federico Degetau (RP) | |
| 1902 | ||||
| 1903 | ||||
| 1904 | ||||
| 1905 | U majority | Tulio Larrínaga (U) | ||
| 1906 | ||||
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| 1911 | Luis Muñoz Rivera (U) | |||
| 1912 | ||||
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| 1917 | 13U, 5RP, 1S | unknown | Félix Córdova Dávila (U) | |
| 1918 | ||||
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| 1921 | 15U, 3RP, 1S | |||
| 1922 | ||||
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| 1925 | 17AP, 2U | |||
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| 1929 | 11AP, 7SC, 1PH | |||
| 1930 | ||||
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| 1932 | ||||
| José Lorenzo Pesquera (NP) | ||||
| 1933 | 14C, 5L | C majority | Santiago Iglesias (C) | |
| 1934 | ||||
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| 1939 | Bolívar Pagán (C) | |||
| 1940 | ||||
| 1941 | 10PPD, 9U | PPD majority | ||
| 1942 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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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 | Antonio Fernós Isern (PPD/D) | no such office | |||
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| 1957 | 23 PPD, 6 PER, 3 PIP | ||||||
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| 1961 | 23 PPD, 9 PER, 1 Ind | ||||||
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| 1965 | Roberto Sánchez Vilella (PPD/D) | 23 PPD, 9 PER | Santiago Polanco-Abreu (PPD/D) | ||||
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| 1969 | Luis A. Ferré (PNP/R) | 17 PPD, 10 PNP | 28 PNP, 23 PPD | Jorge Luis Córdova (PNP/D) | |||
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| 1973 | Rafael Hernández Colón (PPD/D) | 20 PPD, 6 PNP, 1 PIP | Jaime Benítez Rexach (PPD/D) | ||||
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| 1977 | Carlos Romero Barceló (PNP/R) | 14 PPD, 13 PNP | Baltasar Corrada del Río (PNP/D) | ||||
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| 1979 | Carlos Romero Barceló (PNP/D) | ||||||
| 1980 | |||||||
| 1981 | 15 PPD, 12 PNP | 25 PPD, 25 PNP, 1 Ind | |||||
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| 1985 | Rafael Hernández Colón (PPD/D) | 18 PPD, 8 PNP, 1 PIP | Jaime Fuster (PPD/D) | ||||
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| 1992 | Antonio Colorado (PPD/D) | ||||||
| 1993 | Pedro Rosselló (PNP/D) | 21 PNP, 7 PPD, 1 PIP | Carlos Romero Barceló (PNP/D) | ||||
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| 1997 | 19 PNP, 8 PPD, 1 PIP | 37 PNP, 16 PPD, 1 PIP | |||||
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| 2001 | Sila María Calderón (PPD/D) | 19 PPD, 8 PNP, 1 PIP | 29 PPD, 21 PNP, 1 PIP | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PPD/D) | |||
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| 2005 | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PPD/D) | 15 PNP, 11 PPD, 1 PIP | 32 PNP, 18 PPD, 1 PIP | Luis Fortuño (PNP/R) | |||
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| 2009 | Luis Fortuño (PNP/R) | 22 PNP, 9 PPD | 37 PNP, 17 PPD | Pedro Pierluisi (PNP/D) | |||
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| 2013 | Alejandro García Padilla (PPD/D) | 18 PPD, 8 PNP, 1 PIP | 28 PPD, 23 PNP | ||||
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| 2017 | Ricardo Rosselló (PNP/D) | 21 PNP, 7 PPD, 1 PIP, 1 Ind | 34 PNP, 16 PPD, 1 PIP | Jenniffer González-Colón (PNP/R) | Zoraida Fonalledas (PNP/R) | Carlos Romero Barceló (PNP/D) | 2 PNP/D, 2 PNP/R, 1 Ind |
| 2018 | |||||||
| 2019 | Wanda Vázquez Garced (PNP/R) | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 2023 | |||||||
| 2 PNP/D, 1 PNP/R, 1 vacant | |||||||
| 2024 | 1 PNP/D, 1 PNP/R, 2 vacant | ||||||
| 2025 | Jenniffer González-Colón (PNP/R) | 19 PNP, 5 PPD, 2 PIP, 1 PD, 1 Ind | 36 PNP, 13 PPD, 3 PIP, 1 PD | Pablo Hernández Rivera (PPD/D) | Term expired | ||
See also
- Politics of Puerto Rico
- List of political parties in Puerto Rico
- Elections in Puerto Rico
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