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Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, 2024
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| Governor of Puerto Rico |
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| General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: 50% of signatures due January 31, 2024; 100% of signatures due: February 15, 2024 |
| Primary: June 2, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 Pre-election incumbent(s): Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia (New Progressive Party) |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Voting in Puerto Rico |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
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Puerto Rico held an election for governor on November 5, 2024. The primary was June 2, 2024. All parties canceled uncontested primary elections, with all qualified candidates automatically advancing to the general election. Candidates had to submit 50% of their signatures by January 31, 2024, and 100% of their signatures by February 15, 2024.
Jenniffer González-Colón won election in the general election for Governor of Puerto Rico.
To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.
Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Governor of Puerto Rico
Jenniffer González-Colón defeated Juan Dalmau Ramírez, Jesús Manuel Ortiz González, Javier Jiménez Pérez, and Javier Cordova Iturregui in the general election for Governor of Puerto Rico on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jenniffer González-Colón (New Progressive Party) | 41.2 | 526,020 |
 | Juan Dalmau Ramírez (Puerto Rican Independence Party) | 30.7 | 392,185 | |
 | Jesús Manuel Ortiz González (Popular Democratic Party) | 21.4 | 273,649 | |
 | Javier Jiménez Pérez (Project Dignity) | 6.4 | 81,369 | |
 | Javier Cordova Iturregui (Citizen's Victory Movement) | 0.1 | 1,522 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,362 | ||
| Total votes: 1,276,107 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Víctor Luis Medina Cruz (Independent)
- Carlos Cintron Rivera (Independent)
- Ada Norah Henriquez (Independent)
Citizen's Victory Movement primary election
The Citizen's Victory Movement primary election was canceled. Javier Cordova Iturregui advanced from the Citizen's Victory Movement primary for Governor of Puerto Rico.
New Progressive Party primary election
New Progressive Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico
Jenniffer González-Colón defeated incumbent Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia in the New Progressive Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico on June 2, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jenniffer González-Colón | 54.3 | 174,203 |
 | Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia | 45.7 | 146,872 | |
| Total votes: 321,075 | |||
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Popular Democratic Party primary election
Popular Democratic Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico
Jesús Manuel Ortiz González defeated Juan Zaragoza Gómez in the Popular Democratic Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico on June 2, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jesús Manuel Ortiz González | 61.8 | 93,133 |
| Juan Zaragoza Gómez | 38.2 | 57,651 | ||
| Total votes: 150,784 | |||
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Project Dignity primary election
The Project Dignity primary election was canceled. Javier Jiménez Pérez advanced from the Project Dignity primary for Governor of Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rican Independence Party primary election
The Puerto Rican Independence Party primary election was canceled. Juan Dalmau Ramírez advanced from the Puerto Rican Independence Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico.
Candidate profiles
There were no candidate profiles created for this race. Candidate profiles would have appeared here as candidates completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Puerto Rico
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Past elections
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.
2020
- See also: Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, 2020
General election
General election for Governor of Puerto Rico
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Puerto Rico on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia (New Progressive Party) | 33.2 | 427,016 |
| Carlos Delgado Altieri (Popular Democratic Party) | 31.7 | 407,817 | ||
| Alexandra Lúgaro (Citizen Victory Movement) | 13.9 | 179,265 | ||
| Juan Dalmau Ramírez (Puerto Rican Independence Party) | 13.5 | 174,402 | |
| César Augusto Vázquez Muñiz (Project Dignity) | 6.8 | 87,379 | ||
| Eliezer Molina Pérez (Independent) | 0.7 | 8,751 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3,115 | ||
| Total votes: 1,287,745 | |||
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New Progressive Party primary election
New Progressive Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico
Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia defeated incumbent Wanda Vázquez Garced in the New Progressive Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico on August 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia | 57.7 | 161,732 |
 | Wanda Vázquez Garced | 42.3 | 118,711 | |
| Total votes: 280,443 | |||
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Popular Democratic Party primary election
Popular Democratic Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico
Carlos Delgado Altieri defeated Eduardo Bhatia Gautier and Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto in the Popular Democratic Party primary for Governor of Puerto Rico on August 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carlos Delgado Altieri | 63.0 | 128,638 | |
| Eduardo Bhatia Gautier | 23.8 | 48,563 | ||
| Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto | 13.3 | 27,068 | ||
| Total votes: 204,269 | |||
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See also
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