2019 Panamanian general election

2019 Panamanian general election

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Presidential election
Turnout73.01% (Decrease 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]

  1. ^ "REPUBLIC OF PANAMA - LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 MAY 2014". Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ "IFES Election Guide | Elections: Panama Parliament 2019". www.electionguide.org. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ Panama IFES
  4. ^ "Decree of the electoral court for the holding of elections" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  5. ^ a b "Elecciones 2019: ¿quiénes ganaron?, ¿quiénes perdieron?". www.prensa.com (in Spanish). 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  6. ^ a b "La debacle del Partido Panameñista". www.prensa.com (in Spanish). 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2024-05-23.