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2024 Puerto Rican municipal elections

The 2024 Puerto Rican municipal election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayors of the 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the Governor, Resident Commissioner, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, as well as the election events of a status referendum and a presidential straw poll. As candidates in the 2024 general elections, the winners were elected to serve a four-year term from January 2, 2025, to January 2, 2029.

Results

The final results of the 2024 Puerto Rican municipal election were certified on December 31, 2024, by the Puerto Rico State Commission (CEE).

Adjuntas

Aguada

Wilbert Nieves Chaparro won the PNP primary.

Aguadilla

Dennis Morales Rodríguez won the PNP primary.

Aguas Buenas

Previous PNP mayor Javier García Pérez was arrested on May 5, 2022, on accounts of conspiracy, bribery and extortion scheme. The next day, he would renounce to his post effective May 16. Later, on June 12, Karina Nieves Serrano won the special election to finish García Pérez's term. She was challenged by former mayor Carlos Aponte Silva in the PNP primary, but Nieves Serrano won the candidacy.

Aibonito

Añasco

Arecibo

Arroyo

Barceloneta

Barranquitas

Incumbent mayor Elliot Colón Blanco won the PNP primary.

Bayamón

Cabo Rojo

Roberto Ramírez Kurtz won the PPD primary.

Caguas

Roberto J. López Román won the PNP primary.

Camuy

Canóvanas

Carolina

Cataño

Previous PNP mayor Félix Delgado Montalvo renounced to his post on November 30, 2021, and later he declared himself guilty of a corruption charge for profiting from a scheme involving the companies Waste Collection and J.R Asphalt. Julio Alicea Vasallo was sworn in as mayor on December 19 after he was the only candidate in the mayoral race. Alicea Vasallo later won the PNP primary, while Norberto Torres Serrano won the PPD primary.

Cayey

Ceiba

Incumbent mayor Samuel Rivera Báez won the PNP primary.

Ciales

Incumbent mayor Alexander Burgos Otero won the PNP primary, while Jesús W. Resto Rivera won the PPD primary.

Cidra

Incumbent mayor Ángel D. Concepción González won the PPD primary, while Delvis J. Pagán Clajivo won the PNP primary.

Coamo

Comerío

Incumbent mayor José A. Santiago Rivera announced on December 5, 2023, that he would not seek re-election, instead opting to run for at-large senator.

Corozal

Culebra

Dorado

Incumbent mayor Carlos A. López Rivera won the PPD primary.

Carlos A. López Rivera passed away on October 17, 2025. Aníbal José Torres (PPD) is now the Mayor.

Fajardo

Florida

Guánica

Guayama

Previous PPD mayor Eduardo Cintrón Suárez renounced to his post on April 8, 2022, and later he declared himself guilty of federal crimes of for a bribery scheme in his government. Later, on May 7, O'brain Vázquez Molina won the special election to finish Cintrón Suárez's term.

Guayanilla

Incumbent mayor Raúl Rivera Rodríguez won the PNP primary.

Guaynabo

Previous PNP mayor Ángel Pérez Otero was arrested on December 9, 2021, on account of conspiracy, bribes with federal funds and kickbacks, and then resigned the next day. Later, on January 15, 2022, Edward O'Niell Rosa, son of previous mayor Héctor O'Neill García, won the controversial special election to finish Pérez Otero's term.

Gurabo

Hatillo

Previous PPD mayor José Rodríguez Cruz renounced to his post on March 23, 2022, after 22 years in the job. Later, on May 1, Carlos E. Román Román won the special election to finish Rodríguez Cruz's term. Román Román later won the PPD primary, while Manuel A. Orriola Pérez won the PNP primary.

Hormigueros

Humacao

Previous PNP mayor Reinaldo Vargas Rodríguez was arrested on May 5, 2022, on accounts of conspiracy, bribery and extortion scheme. On May 7, he renounced to his post effective May 16. Later, on June 12, Julio Geigel Pérez won the special election to finish Vargas Rodríguez's term.

Isabela

Carlos J. Tavárez Santiago won the PNP primary.

Jayuya

Juana Díaz

Juncos

Incumbent mayor Alfredo Alejandro Carrión won the PPD primary, while William Serrano Serrano won the PNP primary.

Lajas

Alcides Martínez Valentín won the PPD primary.

Lares

Michael A. Quiñones Irizarry won the PNP primary.

Las Marías

Las Piedras

Loíza

Jhondee N. Canales Lora won the PNP primary.

Luquillo

Julio S. Menéndez Román won the PNP primary.

Manatí

Maricao

Maunabo

Mayagüez

Incumbent mayor José G. Rodríguez Rodríguez was accused on March 31, 2022, of embezzlement of public funds, being suspended from his position the next day. Jorge L. Ramos Ruiz became the interim mayor. Later, on June 1, they found cause for arrest against Rodríguez Rodríguez. There was supposed to be a preliminary hearing, but it kept being posponed, until August 15, 2023. Later on November 3, it was determined that there was sufficient probable cause to go to trial. Ramos Ruiz later won the PPD primary, while Evelyn Vázquez Nieves won the PNP primary.

Moca

Incumbent mayor Ángel A. Pérez Rodríguez won the PNP primary.

Morovis

Incumbent mayor Carmen Maldonado González announced on October 17, 2022, that she would not seek re-election, instead opting to run for governor. Later on January 18, 2023, she announced that she would be running for president of the PPD. On May 7, after coming last on the PPD presidency election, she conceded and announced that she would instead be running for re-election. Olvin A. Santiago Díaz won the PNP primary.

Naguabo

Incumbent mayor Miraidaliz Rosario Pagán won the PPD primary, while Harry Ocacio Henríquez won the PNP primary.

Naranjito

Orocovis

Patillas

Peñuelas

Incumbent mayor Gregory Gonsález Souchet won the PPD primary.

Ponce

Incumbent mayor Luis Irizarry Pabón was accused on November 1, 2023, of corruption, using his position for personal gains, being suspended from his position the next day. Nonetheless, Irizarry Pabón announced that he would run for reelection, which the PPD allowed with the caveat that he would step down from the race if the result of the preliminary hearing proved there was sufficient probable cause. Nonetheless, when February 28, 2024 came, Irizarry Pabón did no step down, stating that he was innocent, and the PPD threatened to take him to court. Later, on April 28, Irizarry Pabón officially stepped down, after it was determined that there was sufficient probable cause to go to trial. After this, the PPD chose interim mayor Marlese Sifre Rodríguez as their candidate during their convention, while the PNP chose Pablo Colón Santiago during the primaries.

Quebradillas

Incumbent mayor Heriberto Vélez Vélez won the PPD primary.

Rincón

Incumbent mayor Carlos D. López Bonilla won the PPD primary.

Río Grande

Sabana Grande

Incumbent mayor Marcos G. Valentn Flores won the PPD primary.

Salinas

Joshua Rivera Carrasquillo won the PNP primary.

San Germán

Incumbent mayor Virgilio Olivera Olivera won the PNP primary, while Jorge A. Ramos Vélez won the PPD primary. On September 28, 2024, municipal legislator and MVC candidate Geraldo Acosta Hernández died, who had been fighting cancer during his campaign. His name will remain on the ballot, as these were already being printed.

San Juan

Incumbent Mayor Miguel Romero of the PNP won reelection in a repeat contest against MVC candidate Manuel Natal. Both candidates improved significantly on their 2020 results, at the expense of candidates from the PPD and PD.

San Lorenzo

John Dávila Andino won the PPD primary.

San Sebastián

Incumbent mayor Javier Jiménez Pérez announced on September 25, 2023, that he was leaving the PNP because the party had abandoned its roots. Later, on October 2, he affiliated with Project Dignity, becoming the first mayor of this party. Two days later he announced that he would not seek re-election, instead opting to run for governor. The vice mayor Camilo Ortiz Maldonado also left the PNP, choosing to run for mayor under PD.

Santa Isabel

Incumbent mayor Rafael J. Burgos Santiago won the PPD primary, while Meldwin Rivera Rodríguez won the PNP primary.

Toa Alta

Héctor J. Collazo Ayala won the PNP primary.

Toa Baja

Trujillo Alto

Previous PPD mayor José Cruz Cruz renounced to his post on June 17, 2022, after months of silence from his part since the announcement that the FBI was investigating him. Later, on July 16, former senator and representative Pedro Rodríguez González won the special election to finish Cruz Cruz's term.

Utuado

Rafael A. Juarbe Pagán won the PPD primary.

Vega Alta

Vega Baja

Incumbent mayor Marcos Cruz Molina won the PPD primary, while Evelyn M. Meléndez Marrero won the PNP primary.

Vieques

Emir T. Mercado Martínez won the PPD primary.

Villalba

On February 8, 2023, incumbent mayor Luis Hernández Ortiz announced that he would be running for president of the =PPD. On May 7, Hernández Ortiz and representative Jesús Ortiz González declared themselves the winner of the party presidential election. After four days of recounting the ballots, it was confirmed that Hernández Ortiz had lost the election. Later, on October 30, Hernández Ortiz announced that he would be running for a at-large seat in the senate. Wilfredo Santos Colón, won the PPD primary, while Danny A. Santiago Núñez won the PNP primary.

Yabucoa

Yesenia Feliciano Camacho won the PNP primary.

Yauco

Incumbent mayor Ángel L. Torres Ortíz won the PNP primary.

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