General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 2, 1948.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 Prior to the elections, amendments to the Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 had made the Governor of Puerto Rico an elected position, the governor having previously been appointed by the President of the United States; outgoing governor Jesús T. Piñero had been appointed by Harry S. Truman.
The Popular Democratic Party (PPD) formally distanced itself from the independence movement in a statement by its gubernatorial candidate Luis Muñoz Marín. The Republican Union Party changed its name to the Statehood Party, the former Liberal Party changed its name to the Reformist Party, and the Socialist Party ran alone in this election. Martín Travieso ran for governor on a coalition ticket for the Statehood, Socialist and Puerto Rican Reformist parties.
Muñoz Marín won the gubernatorial elections with 61% of the vote, becoming the first popularly elected governor of Puerto Rico.Nohlen, p562
Results Governor
Resident Commissioner
Senate At-large senators
District senators
House of Representatives At-large representatives
District representatives
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