San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan ( , ; Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist, John") is the capital city and most populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the ...
, held an election for
mayor
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on November 6, 1984. It was held as part of the
1984 Puerto Rican general election
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 6, 1984.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p552 Rafael Hernández Colón of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, Popular Democratic Part ...
. It saw the election of
Baltasar Corrada del Río
Baltasar Corrada del Río (April 10, 1935 – March 11, 2018) was a Puerto Rican politician. He held various high political offices in the island, including President of the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission, Resident Commissioner (1977–198 ...
, a member of the
New Progressive Party.
Nominees
*
Baltasar Corrada del Río
Baltasar Corrada del Río (April 10, 1935 – March 11, 2018) was a Puerto Rican politician. He held various high political offices in the island, including President of the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission, Resident Commissioner (1977–198 ...
(
New Progressive Party),
resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
*Luis Pío Sánchez Longo (
Puerto Rican Independence Party
The Puerto Rican Independence Party (, PIP) is a social-democratic political party in Puerto Rico that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States.
Those who follow the PIP ideology are usually called ''independentist ...
)
*
Victoria Muñoz Mendoza
Victoria "Melo" Muñoz Mendoza (born December 24, 1940) is a former politician from Puerto Rico. She is the daughter of the first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Muñoz Marín, founder of the Popular Democratic Party and hi ...
(
Popular Democratic Party)
*Luis Batista Salas (
Puerto Rican Renewal Party
The Puerto Rican Renewal Party — or Partido Renovación Puertorriqueña (PRP) in Spanish — was a short-lived Puerto Rican political party founded on August 28, 1983, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The party was disbanded in 1987.
The par ...
)
Results
References
{{Puerto Rican elections
1984
Events
January
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San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan ( , ; Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist, John") is the capital city and most populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the ...