2020 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:	2020 Puerto Rico House of Representatives elections
Country:	Puerto Rico
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2016 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	2016
Election Date:	November 3, 2020
Next Election:	2024 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election
Next Year:	2024
Seats For Election:	All 51 seats in the House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	26
Party1:	Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico
Leader1:	Tatito Hernández
Leader Since1:	January 3, 2017
Seats Before1:	16
Seats After1:	26
Seat Change1:	10
Popular Vote1:	850,805
Percentage1:	37.42%
Party2:	New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
Leader2:	Johnny Méndez
Leader Since2:	January 3, 2017
Seats Before2:	34
Seats After2:	21
Seat Change2:	13
Popular Vote2:	823,864
Percentage2:	36.23%
Party3:	Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana
Leader3:	Mariana Nogales Molinelli
Seats Before3:	New
Seats After3:	2
Seat Change3:	2
Popular Vote3:	276,898
Percentage3:	12.18%
Party4:	Independence Party (Puerto Rico)
Leader4:	Denis Márquez Lebrón
Seats Before4:	1
Seats After4:	1
Popular Vote4:	221,837
Percentage4:	9.76%
Party5:	Project Dignity
Leader5:	Lisie Burgos Muñiz
Seats Before5:	New
Seats After5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Popular Vote5:	97,430
Percentage5:	4.28%
Speaker of the House
Before Election:	Johnny Méndez
Before Party:	New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
After Election:	Tatito Hernández
After Party:	Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico

The 2020 Puerto Rico House of Representative election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the members of the 31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the governor, the Resident Commissioner, the Senate, and the mayors of the 78 municipalities. The winners were elected to a four-year term from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2025.

The New Progressive Party lost their 2/3 majority. The Popular Democratic Party narrowly surpassed the 26-seat threshold, and acquired the 1/2 majority. The Puerto Rican Independence Party retained their seat, while the Citizen's Victory Movement and Project Dignity gained two and one seat, respectively.

Summary

172 candidates were running for representative:

New Progressive Party (PNP) had 46 candidates, 30 of whom were incumbent.
Popular Democratic Party (PPD) had 46 candidates, 11 of whom were incumbent.
Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) had 41 candidates, one of whom was incumbent.
Citizen’s Victory Movement (MVC) had 28 candidates.
Project Dignity (PD) had eight candidates.
Three candidates were independent.

House of Representatives composition

30th House of Representatives (2017–2021)

PNP₁	PNP₂	PNP₃	PNP₄	PNP₅	PNP₆	PNP₇	PNP₈	PNP₉	PNP₁₀	PNP₁₁
PNP₁₂	PNP₁₃	PNP₁₄	PNP₁₅	PNP₁₆	PNP₁₇	PNP₁₈	PNP₁₉	PNP₂₀	PNP₂₁	PNP₂₂
PNP₂₃	PNP₂₄	PNP₂₅	PNP₂₆	PNP₂₇	PNP₂₈	PNP₂₉	PNP₃₀	PNP₃₁	PNP₃₂	PNP₃₃
PNP₃₄	PPD₁	PPD₂	PPD₃	PPD₄	PPD₅	PPD₆	PPD₇	PPD₈	PPD₉	PPD₁₀
PPD₁₁	PPD₁₂	PPD₁₃	PPD₁₄	PPD₁₅	PPD₁₆	PIP₁

31st House of Representatives (2021–2025)

PPD₁	PPD₂	PPD₃	PPD₄	PPD₅	PPD₆	PPD₇	PPD₈	PPD₉	PPD₁₀	PPD₁₁
PPD₁₂	PPD₁₃	PPD₁₄	PPD₁₅	PPD₁₆	PPD₁₇	PPD₁₈	PPD₁₉	PPD₂₀	PPD₂₁	PPD₂₂
PPD₂₃	PPD₂₄	PPD₂₅	PPD₂₆	PNP₁	PNP₂	PNP₃	PNP₄	PNP₅	PNP₆	PNP₇
PNP₈	PNP₉	PNP₁₀	PNP₁₁	PNP₁₂	PNP₁₃	PNP₁₄	PNP₁₅	PNP₁₆	PNP₁₇	PNP₁₈
PNP₁₉	PNP₂₀	PNP₂₁	MVC₁	MVC₂	PIP₁	PD₁

Results

Summary

|-|colspan=15 align=center||- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Parties! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3" | District! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3" | At-large! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" colspan="1" | Total seats! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" colspan="1" | Composition! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" colspan="1" | ±|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! style="text-align:center;" | Votes! style="text-align:center;" | %! style="text-align:center;" | Seats! style="text-align:center;" | Votes! style="text-align:center;" | %! style="text-align:center;" | Seats|- style="text-align:right;"| bgcolor=#cc0033|| style="text-align:left;" | Popular Democratic Party (PPD)| 436,522| 39.04%| 24| 414,283| 35.84%| 2| 26| | 10|- style="text-align:right;"| bgcolor=#0000cc width=3 || style="text-align:left;" | New Progressive Party (PNP)| 435,930| 38.99%| 16| 387,934| 33.57%| 5| 21| | 13|- style="text-align:right;"| bgcolor=#CFB53B || style="text-align:left;" | Citizen's Victory Movement (MVC)| 125,489| 11.22%| 0| 151,409| 13.10%| 2| 2| | 2|- style="text-align:right;"| bgcolor=#33cc66 || style="text-align:left;" | Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP)| 98,864| 8.84%| 0| 122,973| 10.64%| 1| 1| | |- style="text-align:right;"| bgcolor=#00B7EB || style="text-align:left;" | Project Dignity (PD)| 18,264| 1.63%| 0| 79,166| 6.85%| 1| 1| | 1|- style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:left;" | Independents| 3,059| 0.27%| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| | |- style="background-color=#0000cc;text-align:right;"|-|align=left colspan=2|Total| 1,118,128| 100.0| 40| 1,155,765| 100.0| 11| 51|||}