Election Day brought a landslide in Puerto Rico too. Governor Luis Munoz Marin, running for reelection, swept every town in the island, piled up a total of 428,171 votes. He got 65% of the total vote, compared to 61.8% in 1948. His Popular Party won 70 of 96 seats in the legislatureĀall it could get under the proportional-representation system in the new Commonwealth constitution.
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