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General elections were held in Puerto Rico on 7 November 1972. Rafael Hernández Colón of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected Governor, whilst the PPD also won a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voter turnout was 80.4%.
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Puerto Rican general election, 1972 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA