| Election Name: | 2016 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | Puerto Rico |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Puerto Rico Democratic primary |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2020 Puerto Rico Democratic primary |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Candidate1: | Hillary Clinton |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Popular Vote1: | 54,839 |
| Percentage1: | 61.14% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Color1: | d4aa00 |
| Candidate2: | Bernie Sanders |
| Color2: | 228B22 |
| Home State2: | Vermont |
| Popular Vote2: | 33,958 |
| Percentage2: | 37.86% |
The 2016 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary took place on June 5 in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Clinton was a heavy favorite to win the territory's primary. In her two terms as United States Senator from New York, the state with the largest population of Puerto Rican-Americans, she gained a strong degree of familiarity with the island. Those connections helped her build institutional support from top Puerto Rico Democrats, including then-Governor Alejandro García Padilla.[1]
No other Democratic or Republican primaries took place on the same day. The Republican Party's Puerto Rico primary took place on March 6, 2016.
See also: Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016.
| County [2] | Clinton | Votes | Sanders | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49.4% | 6,472 | 46.4% | 6,080 | |||
| Bayamon II | 56.9% | 6,525 | 42.7% | 4,897 | ||
| Arecibo III | 66.3% | 8,011 | 33.1% | 4,004 | ||
| 57.6% | 5,756 | 41.8% | 4,176 | |||
| Ponce V | 65.7% | 6,472 | 32.5% | 3,199 | ||
| 61.8% | 6,574 | 28.6% | 3,043 | |||
| Humacao VII | 61.6% | 4,960 | 37.8% | 3,046 | ||
| 61.1% | 7,888 | 38.0% | 4,923 | |||
| Total | 59.7% | 52,658 | 37.9% | 33,368 |