2004 Panamanian general election

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2004 Panamanian general election
Flag of Panama.svg
  1999 2 May 2004 (2004-05-02) 2009  
Presidential election
Turnout76.88% (Increase2.svg 0.71pp)
  Panama.MartinTorrijos.01.jpg Guillermo Endara 1993.jpg
Nominee Martín Torrijos Guillermo Endara
Party PRD Solidarity
Popular vote711,164462,824
Percentage47.44%30.87%

  Ricardo Martinelli.PNG
Nominee José Miguel Alemán Ricardo Martinelli
Party Arnulfista CD
Popular vote245,56879,491
Percentage16.38%5.30%

President before election

Mireya Moscoso
Panameñista

Elected President

Martin Torrijos
PRD

General elections were held in Panama on Sunday, 2 May 2004, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new Legislative Assembly.

Contents

Results

President

For the second consecutive election, Martín Torrijos, son of former military ruler Omar Torrijos, was named the candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD); in 1999, he had lost to Mireya Moscoso. Torrijos ran on a platform of strengthening democracy and negotiating a free trade agreement with the US, and was supported by popular musician and politician Rubén Blades; [1] Torrijos later made Blades the nation's tourism minister. [2] Torrijos' primary rival was Guillermo Endara, who had served as president from 1990 to 1994. Endara ran as the candidate of the Solidarity Party, on a platform of reducing crime and government corruption. [3] Endara and the other candidates also ran a series of negative ads highlighting the PRD's connections with former military ruler Manuel Noriega. [4] Endara finished second in the race, receiving 31% of the vote to Torrijos' 47%. [1]

Torrijos assumed office on 1 September 2004. Voters also elected his two vice-presidents, who run on party tickets in conjunction with the presidential candidates.

CandidateParty or allianceVotes%
Martín Torrijos New Fatherland Democratic Revolutionary Party 649,15743.30
People's Party 62,0074.14
Total711,16447.44
Guillermo Endara Solidarity Party 462,82430.87
José Miguel Alemán Vision of the Country Arnulfista Party 162,83010.86
Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement 60,1064.01
National Liberal Party 22,6321.51
Total245,56816.38
Ricardo Martinelli Democratic Change 79,4915.30
Total1,499,047100.00
Valid votes1,499,04797.51
Invalid/blank votes38,2952.49
Total votes1,537,342100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,999,55376.88
Source: Nohlen [5]

Legislative Assembly

In addition to its president and vice presidents, Panama elected a new Legislative Assembly (78 members), 20 deputies to represent the country at the Central American Parliament, and a string of mayors and other municipal officers.

Panamanian Legislative Assembly 2004.svg
Party or allianceVotes%Seats
New Fatherland Democratic Revolutionary Party 549,94837.8541
People's Party 86,7275.971
Total636,67543.8242
Vision of the Country Arnulfista Party 279,56019.2417
Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement 125,5478.644
National Liberal Party 76,1915.243
Total481,29833.1224
Solidarity Party 227,60415.669
Democratic Change 107,5117.403
Total1,453,088100.0078
Valid votes1,453,08895.29
Invalid/blank votes71,8884.71
Total votes1,524,976100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,999,55376.27
Source: Nohlen [6]

The Panama City mayor race was won also by the PRD. Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro was re-elected.

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