The results are slowly trickling in but it does appear Hillary Clinton will win her second Puerto Rico presidential primary.

2016 Primary Results Slowly Favor Clinton

It's been almost 24 hours since voting in Puerto Rico concluded and only 69.25 percent of the precincts have been reported. As of 1 a.m. on Monday, Clinton leads Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with 59.38 percent to 37.53 percent.

Clinton and Sanders are seeking to win the commonwealth's 67 delegates, which includes 60 pledged delegates that will be split proportionally. Based on CNN projections, Clinton has 34 pledged delegates and Sanders will win 20 pledged delegates.

With slightly over 69 percent of the votes counted, Clinton has been named the winner of the island's primary but the vote count appears to be lower than her previous run for president.

2008 Primary Results Comparison

Although not all votes have been counted yet, Clinton so far received over 36,000 votes, while Sanders attracted over 22,700 votes from the 69 percent of the reported precincts.

During the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primary, Clinton also won Puerto Rico, defeating then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., with 60.32 percent to his 26.98 percent. In terms of votes, turnout appears to be lower in 2016. Clinton's popular vote count is recorded at 263,120 votes in Puerto Rico's 2008 election, and Obama received over 121,000 votes.

Again, the vote count in the 2016 Puerto Rico primary is not done yet, but it appears turnout is lower than 2008. Despite the lower turnout, long lines were still reported in the island. The Puerto Rico Democratic Party said voting locations were reduced, even stating that the Sanders campaign was a reason for the decreased voting locations.

The Sanders campaign responded to the allegations in a statement on Sunday:

"Some Puerto Rico Democratic officials are claiming that the Sanders campaign requested fewer polling places in today's primary contest. That's completely false. The opposite is true. In emails with the party, Sanders' staff asked the party to maintain the 1,500 plus presidential primary locations promised by the Puerto Rico Democratic party in testimony before the DNC in April, when the party was asking to have its caucus changed to a primary. They cannot blame their shoddy running of the primary on our campaign. This is just one example of irregularities going on in Puerto Rico voting today. We are the campaign that has been fighting to increase voter participation."

Puerto Rico's election came ahead of six primary contests on June 7, in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota.

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