Panama General Presidential Election 2019 Results Voting Live
World May 5, 2019,
Panama General Presidential Election 2019 Results Voting Live
Panama General Presidential Election 2019 Results 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. Voting underway for Panama elections 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 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 |