2019 Panamanian general election

2019 Panamanian general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	73.01% ( 3.75pp)
Candidate Laurentino Cortizo Rómulo Roux Party PRD CD Alliance Joining Forces Change to Wake Up Running mate Jose Gabriel Carrizo Luis Casis Popular vote 655,302 609,003 Percentage 33.35% 31.00%   Candidate Ricardo Lombana José Blandón Party Independent Panameñista Alliance Panama We Can Running mate Guillermo Márquez Nilda Quijano Peña Popular vote 368,962 212,931 Percentage 18.78% 10.84%
Results by province
President before election Juan Carlos Varela Panameñista Elected President Laurentino Cortizo PRD
Legislative election
All 71 seats in the National Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PRD Benicio Robinson 29.99 35 +9 CD Rómulo Roux 22.45 18 −6 Panameñista José Luis Varela 17.30 8 −8 MOLIRENA Francisco Alemán 5.11 5 +3 Independents – 17.88 5 +4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by circuit[1][2]

General elections were held in Panama on 5 May 2019.^[3] Due to constitutional term limits, incumbent President Juan Carlos Varela was ineligible for a second consecutive term.^[4] Businessman and politician Laurentino Cortizo of the centre-left Democratic Revolutionary Party won the election with around 33% of the vote, narrowly defeating Rómulo Roux of the centre-right Democratic Change, who won 31% of the vote. The PRD also won a majority in the National Assembly.^[5] The ruling Panameñista Party of President Juan Carlos Varela suffered its worst result in history.^[6] Its candidate, Panama City mayor José Isabel Blandón, received only 11% of the vote and came in fourth behind independent candidate Ricardo Lombana.^[5] The party also lost half its seats in the National Assembly.^[6]