# 1944 Puerto Rican general election

General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 7, 1944. Jesús T. Piñero of the Popular Democratic Party was elected Resident Commissioner with 65% of the vote.

## Results
### Resident commissioner

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Jesús T. Piñero | Popular Democratic Party | 383,280 | 64.75 |
| | Manuel Font | PURP–PS–PL | 208,516 | 35.22 |
| | Agustín Fernández | Authentic Party | 159 | 0.03 |
| | Francisco Grovas | Proletarian Party | 23 | 0.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 591,978 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 719,159 | – |
| Source: Nolla, Nohlen |||||

### Senate
#### At-large senators

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| | Luis Muñoz Marín | Popular Democratic Party | 148,028 | 24.99 | Elected |
| | Rafael Arjona Siaca | Popular Democratic Party | 131,067 | 22.13 | Elected |
| | Vicente Geigel Polanco | Popular Democratic Party | 104,104 | 17.58 | Elected |
| | Bolívar Pagán | Socialist Party | 67,973 | 11.48 | Elected |
| | Leopoldo Figueroa | Partido Unión Republicana Progresista | 53,131 | 8.97 | Elected |
| | José A. Balseiro | Partido Unión Republicana Progresista | 48,405 | 8.17 | |
| | Josefina Barceló Bird de Romero | Liberal Party of Puerto Rico | 38,643 | 6.52 | |
| | Luis Rojas | Authentic Party | 242 | 0.04 | |
| | Victor M. Morales | Proletarian Party | 102 | 0.02 | |
| Independents | Independents | Independents | 618 | 0.10 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 592,313 | 100.00 | |
| Source: Nolla ||||||

#### District senators

| Party | Party | Class 1 | Class 1 | Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 2 | Class 2 | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | Popular Democratic Party | 383,293 | 64.78 | 7 | 383,303 | 64.78 | 7 | 14 |
| | PURP–PS–PL | 208,226 | 35.19 | 0 | 208,219 | 35.19 | 0 | 0 |
| | Authentic Party | 116 | 0.02 | 0 | 142 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| | Proletarian Party | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 591,655 | 100.00 | 7 | 591,684 | 100.00 | 7 | 14 |
| Source: Nolla |||||||||

### House of Representatives
#### At-large representatives

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| | Ernesto Ramos Antonini | Popular Democratic Party | 141,784 | 23.94 | Elected |
| | Samuel R. Quiñones | Popular Democratic Party | 128,645 | 21.72 | Elected |
| | Benjamín Ortiz | Popular Democratic Party | 112,722 | 19.03 | Elected |
| | Celestino Iriarte Miró | Partido Unión Republicana Progresista | 101,536 | 17.15 | Elected |
| | Lino Padrón Rivera | Socialist Party | 67,953 | 11.47 | |
| | Rafael Rodríguez Pacheco | Liberal Party of Puerto Rico | 38,581 | 6.52 | |
| | Osvaldo Albarrán | Authentic Party | 242 | 0.04 | |
| | Tomás de Jesús Castro | Proletarian Party | 100 | 0.02 | |
| Independents | Independents | Independents | 624 | 0.11 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 592,187 | 100.00 | |
| Source: Nolla ||||||

#### District representatives

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Popular Democratic Party | 383,324 | 64.72 | 34 |
| | PURP–PS–PL | 208,824 | 35.26 | 1 |
| | Authentic Party | 141 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Proletarian Party | 15 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 592,304 | 100.00 | 35 |
| Source: Nolla |||||