General elections were held in Panama on 5 August 1928 to elect both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly.
Prior to the elections there was a split in the Liberal Party, resulting in two Liberal candidates for president. There was no Conservative candidate. [1]
In 1928 President Rodolfo Chiari wrested control of the Liberal Party apparatus from Belisario Porras Barahona. The president also controlled four of seven posts on the national electoral board. The combination of these two factors gave Rodolfo Chiari nearly insurmountable powers and severely curbing his opponents' ability to compete effectively in elections. [2]
Candidate | Party or alliance | |||
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Florencio Harmodio Arosemena | Chiarista National Union | Chiarista Liberal Party | ||
Conservative Party | ||||
Labor Party | ||||
Agrarian Party | ||||
Democratic Party | ||||
Jorge Eduardo Boyd | Porrista National Coalition | Porrista Liberal Party | ||
PCF | ||||
Workers' Republican Party | ||||
Total | ||||
Source: Political Handbook of the World [1] |
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Chiarista Liberal Party | 30 | |
Conservative Party | 11 | |
Labor Party | 1 | |
Agrarian Party | 1 | |
Democratic Party | 1 | |
Porrista Liberal Party | 0 | |
Conservative Party (Fabrega) | 0 | |
Workers' Republican Party | 0 | |
Independents | 2 | |
Total | 46 | |
Source: Political Handbook of the World [1] |
Immediately after President Arosemena's resignation on 2 January 1931, the Supreme Court decided that the election of the First, Second and Third Vice-Presidents in October, 1930, was unconstitutional and invited Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro Jované (Minister to the United States), who was elected First Vice-President in 1928, to become President of the Republic. [3]
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