1989 Panamanian general election

1989 Panamanian general election

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Presidential election
Turnout60.48% (first round) Decrease 12.65pp
63.85% (second round)
 
Nominee Guillermo Endara Carlos Duque
Party Independent PRD
Running mate Ricardo Arias Calderón Ernesto Pérez Balladares
Popular vote 473,838 188,914
Percentage 71.19% 28.38%

President before election

Francisco Rodríguez
PRD

Elected President

Election results annulled
Provisional government established

General elections were held in Panama on 7 May 1989, with the goal of electing both a new President of the Republic and a new Legislative Assembly. The two primary candidates in the presidential race were Guillermo Endara, who headed Democratic Alliance of Civic Opposition (ADOC), a coalition opposed to military ruler Manuel Noriega, and Carlos Duque, who headed the pro-Noriega Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD).

However, the election was annulled before voting was completed by Noriega's government, and Endara and his running mate Guillermo Ford were attacked in front of foreign media by Noriega supporters, events that contributed to the US invasion of Panama in December of that year. During the invasion, Endara was declared the election's winner and sworn in as the new president of Panama.