Puerto Rico Senatorial District VI, also known as the Senatorial District of Guayama, is one of the eight senatorial districts of

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. It is currently represented by

Miguel Pereira Castillo Miguel A. Pereira Castillo (born September 26, 1947) is a Puerto Rican politician, attorney, and public servant. Throughout his career, he has served in various government positions like Director of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, Superintenden ...

and Angel M. Rodríguez (from the Popular Democratic Party).

District profile

The Senatorial District VI has an approximate population of 462,202. It covers the following municipalities: * Aibonito * Arroyo * Barranquitas *

Cayey Cayey (), officially Cayey de Muesas, is a mountain town and municipality in central Puerto Rico located on the Sierra de Cayey within the Central Mountain range, north of Salinas and Guayama; south of Cidra and Caguas; east of Aibonito and Sal ...

* Cidra *

Coamo Coamo (, ) is a town and municipality founded in 1579 in the south-central region of Puerto Rico, located north of Santa Isabel; south of Orocovis and Barranquitas; east of Villalba and Juana Díaz; and west of Aibonito and Salinas. Coamo ...

* Comerío * Corozal *

Guayama Guayama (, ), officially the Autonomous Municipality of Guayama ( es, Municipio Autónomo de Guayama) is a city and municipality on the Caribbean coast of Puerto Rico. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 36,614. It is the c ...

* Naranjito * Orocovis * Salinas * Santa Isabel * Villalba * and some regions of

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In previous distributions, the territory covered by the Senatorial District VI has changed. In 1972, the District didn't include Orocovis, but included Arroyo, Patillas, and Maunabo. It also included all of

. In 1983, Arroyo, Patillas, and Maunabo were reassigned to the District of Humacao, while Orocovis was reassigned to Guayama. In the 1991 redistribution,

Morovis Morovis (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, north of Orocovis, south of Manatí, Vega Baja and Vega Alta; east of Ciales, and west of Corozal. Morovis is spread over 13 barrios and Mor ...

was assigned to the district. In the 2002 redistribution, Arroyo was assigned to the district, and Morovis was reassigned again to the District of Bayamón.Distribución de Distritos Senatoriales y Representativos 2002
on ElectionsPuertoRico In the 2011 redistribution, some regions of Juana Díaz were assigned to the District of Ponce.

Election results

2012

, - ! style="background-color:#FF0000" , , style="width: 130px" , Popular Democratic Party (PPD) , , Miguel Pereira , 122,184 , 25.10 , , - ! style="background-color:#FF0000" , , style="width: 130px" , Popular Democratic Party (PPD) , , Angel M. Rodríguez , 120,336 , 24.72 , +1.99 , - ! style="background-color:#0080FF" , , style="width: 130px" , New Progressive Party (PNP) , , Carlos Torres Torres , 114,916 , 23.60 , -1.59 , - ! style="background-color:#0080FF" , , style="width: 130px" , New Progressive Party (PNP) , , Miguel Rodríguez , 113,877 , 23.39 , , - ! style="background-color:#01DF3A" , , style="width: 130px" , Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) , , Edny Ramírez Pagán , 5,287 , 1.20 , , - ! style="background-color:#01DF3A" , , style="width: 130px" , Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) , , José Enrique Laboy Gómez , 5,758 , 1.18 , , - ! style="background-color:#008080" , , style="width: 130px" , Movimiento Unión Soberanista (MUS) , , Roberto Colón Ocasio , 1,127 , 0.23 , , - ! style="background-color:#999999" , , style="width: 130px" , Independent , , Benjamín "Bengie" León , 200 , 0.04 ,

2008

, - ! style="background-color:#0080FF" , , style="width: 130px" , New Progressive Party (PNP) , , Carlos Torres Torres , 131,801 , 25.19% , , - ! style="background-color:#0080FF" , , style="width: 130px" , New Progressive Party (PNP) , , Antonio Soto Díaz , 130,595 , 24.96 , , - ! style="background-color:#FF0000" , , style="width: 130px" , Popular Democratic Party (PPD) , , Eder Ortíz Ortíz , 119,630 , 22.86 , , - ! style="background-color:#FF0000" , , style="width: 130px" , Popular Democratic Party (PPD) , , Angel M. Rodríguez , 118,950 , 22.73 , -1.01 , - ! style="background-color:#FFBF00" , , style="width: 130px" , Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party (PPR) , , Myrta Rivera Hernández , 5,352 , 1.02 , , - ! style="background-color:#01DF3A" , , style="width: 130px" , Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) , , Aida Luz Cruz , 5,050 , 0.97 , , - ! style="background-color:#01DF3A" , , style="width: 130px" , Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) , , Nelson Rodríguez Bonilla , 4,741 , 0.91 , , - ! style="background-color:#FFBF00" , , style="width: 130px" , Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party (PPR) , , Angel Rafael Rodríguez , 4,403 , 0.84 ,

2004

, - ! style="background-color:#0080FF" , , style="width: 130px" , New Progressive Party (PNP) , , Margarita Nolasco , 127,840 , 24.26% , , - ! style="background-color:#FF0000" , , style="width: 130px" , Popular Democratic Party (PPD) , ,

Cirilo Tirado Cirilo Tirado Rivera (born June 14, 1964 in Patillas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician and senator. He has been a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 2000. Early years and studies Cirilo Tirado was born on June 14, 1964 in Patill ...

, 126,184 , 23.95 , -0.45 , - ! style="background-color:#0080FF" , , style="width: 130px" , New Progressive Party (PNP) , , Osvaldo Ortolaza , 126,145 , 23.94 , , - ! style="background-color:#FF0000" , , style="width: 130px" , Popular Democratic Party (PPD) , , Angel M. Rodríguez , 125,084 , 23.74 , -0.66 , - ! style="background-color:#01DF3A" , , style="width: 130px" , Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) , , María Yadira Díaz , 10,139 , 1.92 , , - ! style="background-color:#01DF3A" , , style="width: 130px" , Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) , , Juan Malavé Colón , 9,053 , 1.72 ,

References

External links

Distribución de Distritos Senatoriales de Puerto Rico
{{Puerto Rico Senatorial districts Puerto Rico Senatorial districts Cayey, Puerto Rico Guayama metropolitan area Salinas, Puerto Rico