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2019 Panamanian general election
General elections were held in Panama on 5 May 2019.[ 1] Due to constitutional term limits , Incumbent President Juan Carlos Varela was ineligible for a second consecutive term.[ 2] Businessman and politician Laurentino Cortizo won the election with around 33% of the vote. Chairman Rómulo Roux lost a close race, polling just around 31% of the vote.
Electoral system
Of the 71 members of the National Assembly , 26 will be elected in single-member constituencies and 45 by proportional representation in multi-member constituencies. Each district with more than 40,000 inhabitants forms a constituency. Constituencies elect one MP for every 30,000 residents and an additional representative for every fraction over 10,000.[ 3]
In single-member constituencies MPs are elected using the first-past-the-post system . In multi-member constituencies MPs are elected using party list proportional representation according to a double quotient; the first allocation of seats uses a simple quotient, further seats are allotted using the quotient divided by two, with any remaining seats are awarded to the parties with the greatest remainder.[ 3]
The President is elected through plurality vote in one round.
Opinion polls
Pollster
Date
Cortizo (PRD)
Roux (CD)
Lombana (IND)
Gallup Panama
17–21 March 2019
38%
21%
4%
GAD3
29–30 April 2019
36%
26%
20%
Doxa Panamá
23–28 April 2019
30%
32%
15%
Stratmark
22–28 April 2019
44%
27%
10%
Preliminary results
President
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
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Laurentino Cortizo
Democratic Revolutionary Party
655,302
33.35
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Rómulo Roux
Democratic Change
609,003
31.00
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Ricardo Lombana
Independent
368,962
18.78
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José Blandón
Panameñista Party
212,931
10.84
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Ana Matilde Gómez
Independent
93,631
4.77
Saúl Méndez
Broad Front for Democracy
13,540
0.69
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Marco Ameglio
Independent
11,408
0.58
Invalid/blank votes
48,656
–
Total
2,013,433
100
Registered voters/turnout
2,757,823
73.00
Source: Election Tribunal
National Assembly
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
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Democratic Revolutionary Party
542,105
29.99
35
+9
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Democratic Change
405,798
22.45
18
–6
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Panameñista Party
312,635
17.30
8
–8
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Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement
92,340
5.11
5
+3
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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
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Independents
323,153
17.88
5
+4
Invalid/blank votes
142,663
–
–
–
Total
1,950,103
100
71
0
Registered voters/turnout
–
–
Source: TE , psephos
By constituency
Cocle 2-2
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party
12,132
43.85
Y
Panamenista Party
9,999
36.14
Democratic Change
4,765
17.22
Broad Front for Democracy
768
2.78
Cocle 2-3
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Panamenista/People's Party
17,677
55.24
Y
Democratic Change/Alliance Party
9,812
30.66
Democratic Revolution/Molirena Party
3,299
10.31%
Cocle 2-4
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Panamenista/People's Party
11,129
41.30
Y
Democratic Revolutionary Party
6,963
25.84
Democratic Change
4,306
15.98
Molirena
1,831
6.79
Independent
1,322
4.91
Independent
859
3.19
Independent
347
1.29
Broad Front for Democracy
111
0.41
Alliance Party
80
0.30
Colon 3-1
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party
35,056
34.86
Y Y
Panamenista Party
17,094
17.00
Y
Democratic Change
16,927
16.83
Y
Independent
7,331
7.29
Independent
5,516
5.48
Broad Front for Democracy
3,250
3.23
Molirena
2,999
2.98
Independent
2,104
2.09
People's Party
1,828
1.82
Alliance Party
1,317
1.31
Colon 3-2
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Democratic Change
8,418
37.23
Y
Democratic Revolutionary Party/MOLIRENA
7,148
31.61
Panamenista/People's Party
5,374
23.77
Independent
905
4.00
Independent
494
2.18
Broad Front for Democracy
272
1.20
Chiriqui 4-1
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party
23,710
30.43
Y
Panamenista Party
13,789
17.70
Y
Democratic Change
10,724
13.76
Independent
6,971
8.95
MOLIRENA
6,296
8.08
Y
Independent
4,246
5.45
Independent
2,511
3.22
People's Party
2,108
2.71
Broad Front for Democracy
1,244
1.60
Alliance Party
654
0.84
Chiriqui 4-2
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Panamenista Party
10,338
36.39
Y
Democratic Revolutionary Party
10,287
36.21
Democratic Change
4,097
14.42
Independent
1,313
4.62
Alliance Party
787
2.77
Independent
608
2.14
Independent
439
1.55
People's Party
396
1.39
Broad Front for Democracy
144
0.51
Chiriqui 4-3
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party
12,735
29.77
Y
Democratic Change
11,509
26.91
Panamenista Party
8,823
20.63
MOLIRENA
2,886
6.75
Independent
2,555
5.97
Independent
558
1.30
Alliance Party
300
0.70
Chiriqui 4-4
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party
9,020
31.09
Y
Panamenista/People's Party
6,888
23.74
MOLIRENA
6,217
21.43
Democratic Change/Independent
4,457
15.36
Independent
2,228
7.68
Broad Front for Democracy
200
0.69
Chiriqui 4-5
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party/MOLIRENA
14,834
45.17
Y
Independent
6,693
20.38
Alliance Party
3,400
10.35
Panamenista/People's Party
2,775
8.45
Independent
2,160
6.58
Democratic Change
2,063
6.28
Independent
918
2.80
Chiriqui 4-6
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Democratic Change/Alliance Party
10,021
49.23
Y
Democratic Revolutionary Party/MOLIRENA
5,782
28.40
Panamenista/People's Party
4,554
22.37
Darien 5-1
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Democratic Change
5,075
29.62
Y
Democratic Revolutionary Party
4,612
26.92
MOLIRENA
4,085
23.84
Panamenista/People's Party
2,616
15.27
Independent
261
1.52
Independent
241
1.41
Alliance Party
166
0.97
Broad Front for Democracy
77
0.45
Darien 5-2
Party
Votes
%
Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party
5,222
39.61
Y
MOLIRENA
3,948
29.95
Panamenista/People's Party
1,624
12.32
Democratic Change/Alliance Party
1,437
10.90
Independent
589
4.47
Independent
250
1.90
Independent
90
0.68
Broad Front for Democracy
23
0.17
Herrera 6-1
Party
Votes
%
Elected
PRD/MOLIRENA
12,730
39.24
Y
CD/Alliance Party
9,185
28.31
Panamenista/Peopleś
7,213
22.23
Independent
1,729
5.33
Independent
1,175
3.62
Independent
287
0.88
FAD
126
0.39
Herrera 6-2
Party
Votes
%
Elected
PRD/MOLIRENA
11,811
49.61
Y
People's/Panamenista
10,541
44.27
Independent
730
3.07
CD/Alliance Party
467
1.96
Independent
148
0.62
Independent
112
0.47
Herrera 6-3
Party
Votes
%
Elected
PRD/MOLIRENA
10,924
47.69
Y
Panamenista/People's
6,479
28.28
Independent
2,916
12.73
CD/Alliance Party
1,251
5.46
Independent
1,123
4.90
Independent
214
0.93
Los Santos 7-1
Party
Votes
%
Elected
PRD/MOLIRENA
12,312
36.32
Y
CD/Alliance Party
12,197
35.98
Panamenista/People's
5,371
15.79
Independent
2,157
6.36
Independent
1,178
5.54
Los Santos 7-2
Party
Votes
%
Elected
PRD/MOLIRENA
16,366
51.33
Y
CD/Alliance Party
7,687
24.11
Panamenista/People's
3,541
11.11
Independent
3,264
10.24
Independent
538
1.69
Independent
343
1.08
Broad Front for Democracy
142
0.45
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