Elections in Panama

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Panama elects on national level a head of state, i.e. the president, and a legislature. The president and the vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) has 71 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat and multi-seat constituencies.

Political culture

Panama has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Schedule

Election

Position	2009	2010	2014
Type	Presidential (May) National Congress (May) Gubernatorial (May)	None	Presidential (May) National Congress (May) Gubernatorial (May)
President and vice president	President and vice president	None	President and vice president
National Congress	All seats	None	All seats
Provinces, cities and municipalities	All positions	None	All positions

Inauguration

Position	2009	2010	2014
Type	Presidential (July) National Congress (July) Gubernatorial (July)	None	Presidential (July) National Congress (July) Gubernatorial (July)
President and vice president	1 July	None	1 July
National Congress	1 July	None	1 July
Provinces, cities and municipalities	1 July	None	1 July

Latest elections

President


Candidate		Party or alliance			Votes	%
	Laurentino Cortizo	Joining Forces		Democratic Revolutionary Party	609,638	31.03
				Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement	45,664	2.32
			Total		655,302	33.35
	Rómulo Roux	Change to Wake Up		Democratic Change	564,297	28.72
				Alliance Party	44,706	2.28
			Total		609,003	31.00
	Ricardo Lombana	Independent			368,962	18.78
	José Blandón	Panama We Can		Panameñista Party	174,113	8.86
				People's Party	38,818	1.98
			Total		212,931	10.84
	Ana Matilde Gómez	Independent			93,631	4.77
	Saúl Méndez	Broad Front for Democracy			13,540	0.69
	Marco Ameglio	Independent			11,408	0.58
Total					1,964,777	100.00

Valid votes					1,964,777	97.58
Invalid/blank votes					48,656	2.42
Total votes					2,013,433	100.00
Registered voters/turnout					2,757,823	73.01
Source: Election Tribunal

National Assembly



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Revolutionary Party	542,105	29.99	35	+9
	Democratic Change	405,798	22.45	18	–6
	Panameñista Party	312,635	17.30	8	–8
	Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement	92,340	5.11	5	+3
	People's Party	65,028	3.60	0	–1
	Alliance Party	43,670	2.42	0	–1
	Broad Front for Democracy	22,711	1.26	0	0
	Independents	323,153	17.88	5	+4
Total		1,807,440	100.00	71	0

Valid votes		1,807,440	92.68
Invalid/blank votes		142,663	7.32
Total votes		1,950,103	100.00
Source: Tribunal Electoral

Notes

References

External links

Adam Carr's Election Archive

Panama elects on national level a head of state, i.e. the president, and a legislature. The president and the vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) has 71 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat and multi-seat constituencies.

Political culture

Panama has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.