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| | Summary of November 5, 1996 General Election Results |
 | | The New Progressive Party (PNP) retained control of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico executive and legislative branches of government, and of a majority of the Island's 78 municipalities in the General Election held on November 5, 1996. |
 | | Dr. Pedro Rosselló, leader of the PNP and Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, secured a decisive victory by obtaining 1,006,331 votes (51.1% of the votes cast for Governor) against 875,852 votes (44.5%) cast for the Mayor of San Juan, Héctor Luis Acevedo, nominated by the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). |
 | | Pedro Roselló scored a majority of 130,479 votes over Héctor Luis Acevedo, for a 6.6% lead out of a total of 1,967,705 votes cast for the office of Governor of Puerto Rico. |
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