Election Name: | 2024 Puerto Rico House of Representatives elections |
Country: | Puerto Rico |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2020 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2024 |
Next Election: | 2028 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2028 |
Seats For Election: | All 51 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 26 |
Party1: | Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico |
Leader1: | Tatito Hernández (Retiring) |
Leader Since1: | January 3, 2017 |
Seats Before1: | 25 |
Party2: | New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico |
Leader2: | Johnny Méndez |
Leader Since2: | January 3, 2017 |
Seats Before2: | 21 |
Party3: | Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana |
Leader3: | Mariana Nogales (Running Write-In) |
Leader Since3: | January 2, 2021 |
Seats Before3: | 2 |
Party4: | Independence Party (Puerto Rico) |
Leader4: | Denis Márquez Lebrón |
Leader Since4: | January 3, 2017 |
Seats Before4: | 1 |
Party5: | Project Dignity |
Leader5: | Lisie Burgos Muñiz |
Leader Since5: | January 2, 2021 |
Seats Before5: | 1 |
Party6: | Independent politician |
Leader6: | Luis Raúl Torres Cruz |
Leader Since6: | May 4, 2022 |
Seats Before6: | 1 |
Speaker of the House | |
Before Election: | Tatito Hernández |
Before Party: | Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico |
The 2024 Puerto Rico House of Representative election were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the members of the 32nd 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, 2025, to January 3, 2029.
167 candidates are running for representative:
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 | 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 | IND1 |
|-|- 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)| | | | | | | | | |- style="text-align:right;"| bgcolor=#0000cc width=3 || style="text-align:left;" |New Progressive Party (PNP)| | | | | | | | ||- style="text-align:right;"| bgcolor=#CFB53B || style="text-align:left;" | Citizen's Victory Movement (MVC)| | | | | | | | | |- style="text-align:right;"| bgcolor=#33cc66 || style="text-align:left;" | Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP)| | | | | | | | | |- style="text-align:right;"| bgcolor=#00B7EB || style="text-align:left;" | Project Dignity (PD)| | | | | | | | | |- style="text-align:right;"| bgcolor=#DDDDDD || style="text-align:left;" | Independents| | | | | | | | | |- style="background-color=#0000cc;text-align:right;"|-|align=left colspan=2|Total| | 100.00| 40| | 100.00| 11| 51|||}
The Popular Democratic Party decided to nominated 4 candidates instead of 6 candidates like they normally do, citing that this would help them win more overall At-large seats.[1] Although the Citizen's Victory Movement originally planned to have 2 at-large candidates, these being incumbent senator Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl and newcomer Alejandro Santiago Calderón, there candidacy were invalidated by the Supreme Court for not having collected the necessary endorsements required by law.[2]
On May 4, 2022, incumbent representative Luis R. Torres Cruz announced that he was unaffiliating himself from the Popular Democratic Party, which he had been a part of since 1995.[3] Later, on December 1, 2023, he announced that he would not seek reelection in the district 2 seat which he has held since 2001, instead choosing to run for an At-Large seat.[4]
On June 11, 2022, PNP San Juan I district senator Henry Neumann Zayas announced that he would be stepping down from his post for personal reasons.[5] To fill the senate seat, on September 11 of that year, the New Progressive Party held a special election, where incumbent representative Juan O. Morales Rodríguez ran and won the seat, leaving the District 3 representative seat open.[6] That meant that the representative seat had to be filled, which was done later on December 6, where José A. Hernández Concepción won the special election.[7]
Incumbent representative Ángel A. Morgy Noble won the PNP primary.[8]
Incumbent representative Er Y. Morales Díaz lost the PNP primaries to Félix E. Pacheco Burgos.[9]
Pedro J. Santiago Guzmán won the PNP primary.[10]
Incumbent PPD representative and Speaker of the House Rafael Hernández Montañez announced on August 31, 2023 that he would not run for reelection, instead choosing to run for mayor of Dorado.[11] Rubén Soto Rivera won the PPD primary,[12] while Elinnette González Aguayo won the PNP primary.[13]
Jesús M. Figueroa Torres won the PNP primary.[14]
Incumbent PNP representative Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló announced on March 25, 2022 that he would not seek reelection in the district 13 seat which he has held since 2005, instead choosing to run for an At-Large seat.[15] Jerry Z. Nieves Rosario won the PNP primary,[16] while Yulixa A. Paredes Albarrán won the PPD primary.[17]
Incumbent PNP representative José O. González Mercado announced on November 18, 2023 that he would not run for reelection, instead choosing to run for mayor of Arecibo.[18] Edgar E. Robles Rivera won the PNP primary,[19] while Juan C. Colón González won the PPD primary.[20]
Iván Serrano Cordero won the PPD primary.[21]
Incumbent PPD representative Eladio J. Cardona Quiles announced on December 28, 2023 that he would not run for reelection, instead choosing to run for mayor of San Sebastian.[22] Reinaldo Figueroa Acevedo won the PPD primary,[23] while Liza I. Alfaro Mercado won the PNP primary.[24]
Incumbent representative Wilson J. Román López won the PNP primary,[25] while Kenneth R. Sanabría Domenech won the PPD primary.[26]
Odalys González González won the PNP primary.[27]
Incumbent PPD representative Jocelyn M. Rodríguez Negrón announced on December 23, 2023 that she would not run for reelection, instead choosing to run for mayor of Mayagüez.[28] Lilibeth Rosas Vargas won the PPD primary,[29] while Edson R. Rodríguez González won the PNP primary.[30]
On February 28, 2023, Incumbent PPD representative Kebin Maldonado Martínez announced that he would be stepping down from his post to become a National Guard Officer.[31] Joel Sánchez Ayala was chosen to fill this representative seat.[32] Emilio Carlo Acosta won the PNP primary.[33]
Incumbent PPD primary Lydia Méndez Silva announced on November 14, 2023 that she would not run for reelection, instead choosing to retire after 28 years of service.[34] José A. Cuevas Garcia won the PPD primary,[35] while Omayra M. Mártinez Vázquez won the PNP primary.[36]
Joe A. Colón Rodriguez won the PNP primary.[37]
Doris E. Alvarado Golderos won the PNP primary.[38]
Incumbent PPD representative Orlando Aponte Rosario was accused by his wife on April 13, 2023 of physically abusing her, for which a court gave the representative a restraining order. [39] Even though she later removed this restraining order,[40] the news had affected his political carrier, and he decided to renounce from his post on June 13.[41] To fill this seat, on August 6, the party had an special internal primary where Jesús A. Hernández Arroyo won.[42] Luis J. Jiménez Torres won the PNP primary.[43]
Fernando Sanabria Colón won the PNP primary.[44]
Cristian O. Muriel Sánchez won the PNP primary.[45]
Jean P. Carrillo Cáceres won the PNP primary.[46]
Incumbent PNP representative Ángel Bulerín Ramos on January 6, 2024 that he would not run for reelection, instead choosing to retire after 55 years of service, 32 of which where in this seat.[47] Carmen M. Medina Calderón won the PNP primary,[48] while Ángel Osorio Vélez won the PPD primary.[49]
Incumbent representative Wanda del Valle Correa won the PNP primary,[50] while Christian G. Rodriguez Rivera won the PPD primary.[51]
Sergio E. Estévez Vélez won the PNP primary.[52]