2024 Puerto Rico Senate election

2024 Puerto Rico Senate elections
← 2020 November 5, 2024 2028 →
All 27 seats in the Senate of Puerto Rico; 14 seats needed for a majority
President of the Senate before election; José Dalmau Santiago; Popular Democratic	Elected President of the Senate ; Thomas Rivera Schatz; New Progressive

The 2024 Puerto Rico Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the members of the 28th 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, as well as the election events of a status referendum and a presidential straw poll. As candidates in the 2024 general elections, the winners were elected to serve a four-year term from January 2, 2025 to January 2, 2029.

This was the first Puerto Rico Senate election with a successful write-in candidate, Eliezer Molina, who won one of the 11 at-large seats after receiving 71,254 votes.^[1]^[2]

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PPD₁	PPD₂	PPD₃	PPD₄	PPD₅	PPD₆	PPD₇	PPD₈	PPD₉
PPD₁₀	PPD₁₁	PPD₁₂	MVC₁	MVC₂	PIP₁	PD₁	IND₁	PNP₁
PNP₂	PNP₃	PNP₄	PNP₅	PNP₆	PPD₇	PPD₈	PPD₉	PPD₁₀

PNP₁	PNP₂	PNP₃	PNP₄	PNP₅	PNP₆	PPD₇	PPD₈	PPD₉
PNP₁₀	PNP₁₁	PNP₁₂	PNP₁₃	PNP₁₄	PNP₁₅	PNP₁₆	PNP₁₇	PNP₁₈
PNP₁₉	PPD₁	PPD₂	PPD₃	PPD₄	PPD₅	PIP₁	PIP₂^[d]	PD₁
IND₁

Parties		District			At-large			Total seats	Composition	±%
Parties		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	Composition	±%
	New Progressive Party (PNP)	872,873	39.8	15	446,273	35.1	5	19	19 / 27	+9
	Popular Democratic Party (PPD)	729,922	33.3	1	325,053	25.6	4	5	5 / 27	-7
	Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP)	198,590	9.1	0	178,575	14.0	1	1	1 / 27	–
	Project Dignity (PD)	170,566	7.8	0	94,604	7.4	1	1	1 / 27	–
	Independents	0	0	0	132,053	10.4	1	1	1 / 27	–
	Citizen's Victory Movement (MVC)	156,795	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	0 / 27	-2
Total		2,192,800	100.00	16	1,271,361	100.00	11	27

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independence	María de Lourdes Santiago (incumbent)	178,575	14.0	+2.7
	New Progressive	Thomas Rivera Schatz (incumbent)	100,001	7.9	+1.3
	Project Dignity	Joanne Rodríguez Veve (incumbent)	94,604	7.4	+0.1
	Popular Democratic	José Luis Dalmau (incumbent)	86,097	6.8	+0.9
	Popular Democratic	Javy Hernandez	85,956	6.8	n/a
	Popular Democratic	Josian Santiago	76,961	6.1	n/a
	Popular Democratic	Ada Álvarez Conde	76,039	6.0	+1.2
	New Progressive	Ángel Toledo López	72,368	5.7	n/a
	Independent	Eliezer Molina Pérez (write-in)	71,254	5.6	n/a
	New Progressive	Gregorio Matías (incumbent)	69,350	5.5	+0.1
	New Progressive	Roxanna I. Soto Aguilú	69,010	5.4	n/a
	New Progressive	Keren Riquelme (incumbent)	67,953	5.3	+0.1
	New Progressive	Leyda Cruz	67,591	5.3	n/a
	Independent	José Vargas Vidot (incumbent)	48,566	3.8	−2.0
	Independent	Elizabeth Torres	10,191	0.8	n/a
	Independent	Nelson R. Albino	2,042	0.2	n/a
	Write-in		13,395	1.1	n/a
Total votes			1,271,361	100.0
	Independence hold
	New Progressive hold
	Project Dignity hold
	Popular Democratic hold
	Popular Democratic hold
	Popular Democratic gain from Independent
	Popular Democratic gain from Citizens' Victory
	New Progressive hold
	Independent hold
	New Progressive hold
	New Progressive gain from Citizens' Victory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Nitza Morán (incumbent)	52,617	21.4	+4.8
	New Progressive	Juan Oscar Morales	51,862	21.1	n/a
	Independence	Adrián González Costa^[e]	45,950	18.7	+13.0
	Citizens' Victory	Rosa Seguí	41,856	16.9	+3.4
	Popular Democratic	Ivonne Lozada	27,904	11.4	n/a
	Popular Democratic	Gabriel Pérez Pérez	25,654	10.4	n/a
Total votes			245,843	100.0
	New Progressive hold
	New Progressive hold

2024 Puerto Rico Senate election

Senate composition

Results

Summary

Senate at-large

Senate by District

I San Juan

II Bayamón

III Arecibo

IV Mayagüez-Aguadilla

V Ponce

VI Guayama

VII Humacao

VIII Carolina

Notes

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Carmelo Ríos Santiago (incumbent)	56,229	22.0	+1.3
	New Progressive	Migdalia Padilla (incumbent)	56,106	22.0	+2.1
	Citizens' Victory	Betito Márquez	36,920	14.5	N/A
	Popular Democratic	Raquel Gauthier	29,520	11.6	N/A
	Popular Democratic	Antonio Cruz Rodríguez	26,533	10.4	N/A
	Independence	Noel Berríos Díaz	25,799	10.1	N/A
	Project Dignity	César Vázquez Muñiz	12,331	4.8	N/A
	Project Dignity	Lymari Ocasio Pérez	11,635	4.6	N/A
Total votes			255,073	100.0
	New Progressive hold
	New Progressive hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Brenda Pérez Soto	61,769	21.8	n/a
	New Progressive	Gaby González	61,241	21.6	n/a
	Popular Democratic	Elizabeth Rosa Vélez (incumbent)	51,119	18.0	−1.1
	Popular Democratic	Ramón Luis Hernández Espino (incumbent)	50,808	17.9	−1.0
	Independence	Taíra M. Barreto Canals	17,212	6.1	n/a
	Project Dignity	Edwin Mieles Richard	14,850	5.2	n/a
	Project Dignity	Mario Javier Rosario Maisonet	13,526	4.8	n/a
	Citizens' Victory	Cristina Pérez	12,908	4.6	n/a
Total votes			283,433	100.0
	New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic
	New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Jeison "El Calvito" Rosa	57,015	20.1	n/a
	New Progressive	Karen Michelle Román Rodríguez	56,985	20.1	n/a
	Popular Democratic	Migdalia González (incumbent)	56,908	20.1	−0.7
	Popular Democratic	Juan "Veguita" Vega	53,730	18.9	n/a
	Independence	Julia Rita Rodríguez Sánchez	22,022	7.8	n/a
	Project Dignity	José A. Bonilla Morales	14,505	5.1	n/a
	Project Dignity	Raúl López Vergé	13,245	4.7	n/a
	Citizens' Victory	Nil Matías	9,271	3.3	n/a
Total votes			283,661	100.0
	New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic
	New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Democratic	Migdalia González (incumbent)	67,122	21.9	+1.8
	New Progressive	Jamie Barlucea	65,823	21.5	n/a
	New Progressive	Jackie Rodríguez	64,074	20.9	n/a
	Popular Democratic	Ramoncito Ruiz Nieves (incumbent)	62,263	20.3	+2.1
	Independence	Justiniano Díaz	18,058	5.9	n/a
	Project Dignity	Francisco Javier Rodríguez Napoleoni	9,899	3.2	n/a
	Citizens' Victory	Ramón Rodríguez Ramos	9,791	3.2	n/a
	Project Dignity	José Alberto Hernández Pagán	9,232	3.0	n/a
Total votes			306,262	100.0
	Popular Democratic hold
	New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Rafy Santos Ortiz	67,542	22.5	n/a
	New Progressive	Wilmer Reyes Berríos	67,504	22.5	n/a
	Popular Democratic	Albert Torres Berríos (incumbent)	56,356	18.8	−4.2
	Popular Democratic	Héctor Santiago (incumbent)	55,761	18.6	n/a
	Independence	Víctor Alvarado Guzmán	20,772	6.9	+2.4
	Citizens' Victory	Luzmina Martínez Vera	15,393	5.1	n/a
	Project Dignity	Verónica Rivera Lebrón	9,075	3.0	n/a
	Project Dignity	Javier F. Concepción Vázquez	7,927	2.6	n/a
Total votes			300,330	100.0
	New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic
	New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Wanda Soto Tolentino (incumbent)	60,403	21.4	+2.4
	New Progressive	Luis Daniel Colón La Santa	59,032	20.9	n/a
	Popular Democratic	Nina Valedón	49,543	17.6	n/a
	Popular Democratic	Luis Raúl Sánchez Hernández	46,404	16.4	n/a
	Independence	Luis Domenech Sepúlveda	24,385	8.6	n/a
	Project Dignity	Jennifer López Contreras	15,347	5.4	n/a
	Citizens' Victory	Mayra Vicil Bernier	13,932	4.9	n/a
	Project Dignity	Katherine Tirado Flores	13,050	4.6	n/a
Total votes			282,096	100.0
	New Progressive hold
	New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Progressive	Marissa Jiménez (incumbent)	51,897	22.0	+4.3
	New Progressive	Héctor Joaquín Sánchez Álvarez	46,848	19.8	n/a
	Popular Democratic	Enid Monge Ortiz	35,396	15.0	n/a
	Popular Democratic	Frankie Guerra Morales	34,901	14.8	n/a
	Independence	Dwight Rodríguez Delgado	24,392	10.3	n/a
	Citizens' Victory	Daniel Lugo Mercado	16,724	7.1	n/a
	Project Dignity	Eilleen Violeta Ramos Rivera	13,463	5.7	n/a
	Project Dignity	David Ramón Matta Fontanet	12,481	5.3	n/a
Total votes			236,102	100.0
	New Progressive hold
	New Progressive gain from Popular Democratic

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