2016 Puerto Rican general election
General election were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government to serve from January 2017 to January 2021, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. Ricardo Rosselló was elected governor and Jenniffer González-Colón was elected Resident Commissioner. The elections saw a 23 percentage point drop in turnout and was the lowest voter turnout in Puerto Rican history.
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| Elections in Puerto Rico |
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Rossello would go on to serve a two-year term, having to resign on August 2, 2019 after protests as a result of the Telegramgate scandal. Wanda Vázquez Garced succeeded Rossello.