2024 Panamanian general election

2024 Panamanian general election
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Presidential election
Turnout77.64% (Increase 4.64pp)
 
Candidate José Raúl Mulino Ricardo Lombana Martín Torrijos
Party RM MOCA PP
Alliance RM–Alianza
Running mate None[a] Michael Chen Rosario Turner [es]
Popular vote 778,772 559,432 364,576
Percentage 34.23% 24.59% 16.03%
 
Candidate Rómulo Roux Zulay Rodríguez José Gabriel Carrizo
Party CD Independent PRD
Alliance CD–PPa PRD–MLRN
Running mate José Blandón Athenas Athanasiadis Camilo Alleyne
Popular vote 258,818 150,338 133,791
Percentage 11.38% 6.61% 5.88%
Results by province
President before election

Laurentino Cortizo
PRD

Elected President

José Raúl Mulino
RM

Legislative election
All 71 seats in the National Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.75% (Increase 5.04pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
RM Ricardo Martinelli 17.17 14 New
PRD Benicio Robinson 16.25 13 −22
CD Rómulo Roux 11.19 8 −10
Panameñista José Blandón 10.64 8 0
MOCA Ricardo Lombana 6.99 3 New
PP Daniel Javier Brea 6.01 2 +2
Alianza José Muñoz 2.91 2 +2
MOLIRENA Francisco Aleman 3.17 1 −4
Independents – 24.06 20 +15
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Seat distribution by electoral circuit
Central American Parliament election
20 Panamanian seats in the Central American Parliament
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
RM Ricardo Martinelli 29.39 9 New
PP Daniel Javier Brea 16.02 5 +4
Zulay Rodríguez list Zulay Rodríguez 6.60 2 New
PRD Benicio Robinson 5.56 1 −6
Panameñista José Blandón 5.29 1 −1
Alianza José Muñoz 4.84 1 0
MOLIRENA Francisco Aleman 0.32 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Panama on 5 May 2024 to elect a new President of Panama, members of the National Assembly and local governments.[2][3] Due to constitutional term limits, incumbent president Laurentino Cortizo was ineligible for a second consecutive term.[4] The winners of the general election, including the new president of Panama, were inaugurated on 1 July.[5]

The conservative candidate José Raúl Mulino, who was appointed as presidential candidate of Realizing Goals following the conviction and subsequent disqualification of former president Ricardo Martinelli,[6] won the election with 34.2% of the vote.[7][8] Mulino defeated a total of seven other candidates, among whom his closest rival was Ricardo Lombana of MOCA, who received around 24.6%.[9]

The governing Democratic Revolutionary Party suffered its worst ever electoral result, despite being the largest political party in Panama.[10] Its candidate, incumbent vice president José Gabriel Carrizo, came in sixth place with 5.88% of the vote; and the party suffered significant losses in the legislative and local elections, losing the mayorships of the most populated districts of the country, including Panamá District,[11] San Miguelito,[12] Colón,[13] Arraiján,[14] La Chorrera,[15] David,[16] and Santiago de Veraguas.[17]

In contrast, there was an outstanding performance by new parties and independent politicians. Realizing Goals, the party of the president-elect, which was founded in 2021 by former president Ricardo Martinelli, gained 14 seats in the National Assembly. Another Way Movement, founded in late 2019 by Ricardo Lombana, became the most-voted opposition party by gaining a fourth of the presidential vote, three members of the National Assembly and numerous local governments, including the mayorship of Santiago.[17][18] Neither the Democratic Revolutionary Party or the Panameñista Party, the traditional biggest two parties of Panama, were in either of the top two coalitions.[19]

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  3. ^ "Panama begins registration for an advance vote in general elections". Prensa Latina. 9 March 2023. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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  7. ^ Mia Alberti; Juan Carlos Paz (6 May 2024). "Panama's Mulino declared 'unofficial' winner of presidential election". CNN. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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  10. ^ "El gobernante PRD obtiene su peor resultado presidencial en unas elecciones de Panamá". infobae (in European Spanish). 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Mayer Mizrachi es el virtual alcalde de Panamá". La Prensa (in Spanish). 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Irma Hernández, de la coalición Vamos, derrota a Zulay Rodríguez y a Valdés Carrasquilla en San Miguelito". La Prensa (in Spanish). 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Diógenes Galván derrota a Alex Lee en la alcaldía de Colón". La Prensa (in Spanish). 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Stefany Dayan Peñalba le arrebata la alcaldía a Rollyns 'Tropa' Rodríguez en Arraiján". www.midiario.com (in Spanish). 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Elecciones en Panamá 2024: Resultados de la Alcaldía de La Chorrera". Telemetro (in Spanish). 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Elecciones en Panamá 2024: Resultados en la Alcaldía de David, provincia de Chiriquí". Telemetro (in Spanish). 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  17. ^ a b "Elecciones en Panamá 2024: Resultado para la Alcaldía de Santiago". Telemetro (in Spanish). 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Estos son los diputados de la nueva Asamblea Nacional; la mayoría son independientes". La Prensa (in Spanish). 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  19. ^ "La autopsia de una elección: ¿Por qué ganó José Raúl Mulino?". La Prensa (in Spanish). 9 May 2024. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.


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