Luis Fortuño is elected new governor of Puerto Rico

November 9, 2008

The candidate of the, , was elected the new governor of Puerto Rico in the general elections held on November 4, 2008. Fortuño obtained more than 52% of the votes.

The other candidates were the current governor of Puerto Rico, of the,  — the , and  — the.

In addition to obtaining the governor position, the New Progressive Party retained the position of and won a majority of seats in the. The Puerto Rican Independence Party lost its franchise as a political party because it received less than 3% of the votes, the level required by the electoral law. The results also indicate that the Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party may have lost its franchise too.