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.

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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

Position200920102011201220132014
TypePresidential (May)
National Congress (May)
Gubernatorial (May)		NonePresidential (May)
National Congress (May)
Gubernatorial (May)
President and
vice president		President and vice presidentNonePresident and vice president
National CongressAll seatsNoneAll seats
Provinces, cities and municipalitiesAll positionsNoneAll positions

Inauguration

Position200920102011201220132014
TypePresidential (July)
National Congress (July)
Gubernatorial (July)		NonePresidential (July)
National Congress (July)
Gubernatorial (July)
President and
vice president		1 JulyNone1 July
National Congress1 JulyNone1 July
Provinces, cities and municipalities1 JulyNone1 July

Latest elections

President

CandidateParty or allianceVotes%
Laurentino Cortizo Joining Forces Democratic Revolutionary Party 609,63831.03
Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement 45,6642.32
Total655,30233.35
Rómulo Roux Change to Wake Up Democratic Change 564,29728.72
Alliance Party 44,7062.28
Total609,00331.00
Ricardo Lombana Independent368,96218.78
José Blandón Panama We Can Panameñista Party 174,1138.86
People's Party 38,8181.98
Total212,93110.84
Ana Matilde Gómez Independent93,6314.77
Saúl Méndez Broad Front for Democracy 13,5400.69
Marco Ameglio Independent11,4080.58
Total1,964,777100.00
Valid votes1,964,77797.58
Invalid/blank votes48,6562.42
Total votes2,013,433100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,757,82373.01
Source: Election Tribunal

National Assembly

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Revolutionary Party 542,10529.9935+9
Democratic Change 405,79822.4518–6
Panameñista Party 312,63517.308–8
Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement 92,3405.115+3
People's Party 65,0283.600–1
Alliance Party 43,6702.420–1
Broad Front for Democracy 22,7111.2600
Independents323,15317.885+4
Total1,807,440100.00710
Valid votes1,807,44092.68
Invalid/blank votes142,6637.32
Total votes1,950,103100.00
Source: Tribunal Electoral

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