Before the election year, the Constitution of Puerto Rico provides for any qualified person to present their candidacy for a specific position.

[4] The resident commissioner of Puerto Rico is the only member of the United States House of Representatives who is elected every four years instead of a two-year term.

For the fourth election in a row, the candidate of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) failed to receive the required 3% of the votes to remain registered.

This automatically triggered Article Three of the Constitution of Puerto Rico which mandates that in such case new seats must be open for minority legislators.

Despite losing most of the Senate and the House, the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) managed to win a majority of the mayoralty races in the island, with a total of 45 out of 78 municipalities.