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The Puerto Rico general election of 2008 were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government that would serve for the next four years, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. The election was won by incumbent Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuño (from the New Progressive Party), who defeated the incumbent Governor, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (from the Popular Democratic Party). Fortuño received 1,025,965 votes, and Acevedo Vilá 801,071. Also, most of the other positions were won by the candidates of the PNP, who ended up with a majority of seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The elections occurred after one term of what was called "shared government", as a result of the 2004 elections. Because of this, the island had a Governor from one party (Acevedo Vilá), while the opposing party held a majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The struggles faced by the opposing parties attempts at cooperation, mixed with the global economic crisis, paved the campaign for this elections. Also, Acevedo Vilá was facing criminal accusations at the time.〔(El impacto electoral de Barbadoro ) on ''El Nuevo Día''; Colón Dávila, Javier〕 Fortuño was sworn in as Governor of Puerto Rico on January 2, 2009. ==Significance== The 2008 Puerto Rican election was historic because: * it was the first time in more than 20 years that a new party (PPR) joined the three traditional parties in the election. * it was the first time in Puerto Rican political history that one of the candidates (Anibal Acevedo Vilá) faced federal criminal charges. * supporters of former Governor Pedro Rosselló organized to promote a write-in campaign on his behalf after he lost the party primary against Luis Fortuño. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Puerto Rican general election, 2008」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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