Panamanian General Presidential Election 2019 Voting Live
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Panamanian General Presidential Election 2019 Voting Live
Panamanian General Presidential Election 2019 Voting Live
Panamanian General Election 2019 Date: 5 May 2019
Panama elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president and the vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) has 71 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat and multi-seat constituencies.
General elections are scheduled to be held in Panama on 5 May 2019. Due to constitutional term limits, Incumbent President Juan Carlos Varela is ineligible for a second consecutive term.
Panamanian General Election Voting Live 2019
1. Panamanian General Election 2019 will be held on 5 May 2019.
2. Panama’s voters are angry, but politicians are not offering fundamental change.
3. Panama tribunal rules ex-President Martinelli cannot run in the election.
The electoral system of Panama
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.
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.
Panama Parties and leaders
Party |
Candidate |
---|---|
Party: Democratic Revolutionary Party / Partido Revolucionario Democrático (PRD) |
Laurentino CORTIZO |
Party: Panemeñista Party / Partido Panameñista (PP) |
José BLANDÓN |
Party: Democratic Change / Cambio Democrático (CD)* |
Rómulo ROUX |
Party: Broad Front for Democracy |
Saúl MÉNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ |
Independent |
Ana Matilde GÓMEZ |
Independent |
Marco AMEGLIO |
Independent |
Ricardo LOMBANA |
Panama Presidential election results 2019
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Laurentino Cortizo | Democratic Revolutionary Party | 633,143 | 33.18 |
Rómulo Roux | Democratic Change | 592,311 | 31.04 |
Ricardo Lombana | Independent | 365,511 | 19.15 |
José Blandón | Panameñista Party | 201,501 | 10.56 |
Ana Matilde Gómez | Independent | 91,728 | 4.81 |
Saúl Méndez | Broad Front for Democracy | 12,843 | 0.67 |
Marco Ameglio | Independent | 11,094 | 0.58 |
Invalid/blank votes | 45,206 | – | |
Total | 1,953,704 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,757,823 | 73 |
Panama past election results
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Juan Carlos Varela | Panameñista Party | 724,762 | 39.09 |
José Domingo Arias | Democratic Change | 581,828 | 31.38 |
Juan Carlos Navarro | Democratic Revolutionary Party | 521,842 | 28.14 |
Genaro López | Broad Front for Democracy | 11,127 | 0.60 |
Juan Jované | Independent | 10,805 | 0.58 |
Esteban Rodríguez | Independent | 2,240 | 0.12 |
Gerardo Barroso | Independent | 1,598 | 0.09 |
Invalid/blank votes | 37,106 | – | |
Total | 1,886,308 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,457,401 | 76.76 |