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Mayoral election in Ponce, Puerto Rico (2020)
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: December 30, 2019 |
| Primary election: August 9, 2020 General election: November 3, 2020 |
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| Offices up: Mayor |
| Total seats up: 1 (click here for other elections in Puerto Rico) |
| Election type: Partisan |
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| U.S. municipal elections, 2020 |
The city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, held a general election for mayor on November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for August 9, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was December 30, 2019.
Luis Irizarry Pabón won election in the general election for Mayor of Ponce.
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Candidates and results
General election
General election for Mayor of Ponce
Luis Irizarry Pabón defeated incumbent María Meléndez Altieri, Ramón Rodríguez Ramos, and José Víctor Madera in the general election for Mayor of Ponce on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Luis Irizarry Pabón (Popular Democratic Party) | 61.6 | 30,117 | |
 | María Meléndez Altieri (New Progressive Party) | 26.8 | 13,099 | |
| Ramón Rodríguez Ramos (Citizen Victory Movement) | 6.2 | 3,053 | ||
| José Víctor Madera (Puerto Rican Independence Party) | 5.1 | 2,488 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 97 | ||
| Total votes: 48,854 | |||
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New Progressive Party primary election
New Progressive Party primary for Mayor of Ponce
Incumbent María Meléndez Altieri defeated Edgar Del Toro Segarra in the New Progressive Party primary for Mayor of Ponce on August 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | María Meléndez Altieri | 69.6 | 6,832 |
| Edgar Del Toro Segarra | 30.4 | 2,979 | ||
| Total votes: 9,811 | |||
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Popular Democratic Party primary election
Popular Democratic Party primary for Mayor of Ponce
Luis Irizarry Pabón defeated Rafael Zayas Colón in the Popular Democratic Party primary for Mayor of Ponce on August 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Luis Irizarry Pabón | 64.8 | 6,239 | |
| Rafael Zayas Colón | 35.2 | 3,382 | ||
| Total votes: 9,621 | |||
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