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This article lists political parties in Panama.
Panama has a multi-party system. Although there are three major political parties, no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Parties with less than 30,000 members are not recognized by the Tribunal Electoral, and as a result, they are not able to participate in Panama's general elections.
The following are parliamentary parties. [1]
| Name | Acronym | Ideology | Deputies | Flag | |
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| Realizing Goals Realizando Metas | RM | Right-wing populism Conservative liberalism | 13 / 71 |  | |
| Democratic Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Democrático | PRD | Social democracy Populism | 13 / 71 |  | |
| Democratic Change Cambio Democrático | CD | Conservatism Economic Liberalism | 8 / 71 |  | |
| Panameñista Party Partido Panameñista | PP | National conservatism Right-Wing Populism | 8 / 71 |  | |
| Another Way Movement Movimiento Otro Camino | MOCA | Anti-corruption Environmentalism | 3 / 71 |  | |
| People's Party Partido Popular | PP | Christian democracy Conservatism | 2 / 71 |  | |
| Alliance Party Partido Alianza | A | National liberalism | 2 / 71 | ||
| Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement Movimiento Liberal Republicano Nacionalista | MOLIRENA | National Liberalism Conservatism | 1 / 71 | ||
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