2020 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election

The 2020 Puerto Rico House of Representative election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the members of the 31st 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, 2021, to January 3, 2025.

2020 Puerto Rico House of Representatives elections

November 3, 2020

All 51 seats in the House of Representatives
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Tatito Hernández Johnny Méndez Mariana Nogales Molinelli
Party Popular Democratic New Progressive Citizens' Victory
Leader since January 3, 2017 January 3, 2017
Seats before 16 34 New
Seats after 26 21 2
Seat change 10 13 2
Popular vote 850,805 823,864 276,898
Percentage 37.42% 36.23% 12.18%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Denis Márquez Lebrón Lisie Burgos Muñiz
Party Independence Project Dignity
Seats before 1 New
Seats after 1 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 221,837 97,430
Percentage 9.76% 4.28%

Election results:
     PNP gain      PPD gain
     PNP hold      PPD hold
     MVC gain      Project Dignity gain
     PIP hold

Speaker of the House before election

Johnny Méndez
New Progressive

Elected Speaker of the House

Tatito Hernández
Popular Democratic

The New Progressive Party lost their 2/3 majority, and the Popular Democratic Party narrowly surpassed the 26 seat threshold, and acquired the 1/2 majority. The Puerto Rican Independence Party retained their seat, while the Citizen's Victory Movement and Project Dignity gained 2 and 1 seat respectively.

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