2019 Panamanian general election

General elections were held in Panama on 5 May 2019.[1] Due to constitutional term limits, Incumbent President Juan Carlos Varela was ineligible for a second consecutive term.[2] Businessman and politician Laurentino Cortizo won the election with around 33% of the vote. Chairman Rómulo Roux lost a close race, polling just around 31% of the vote.

2019 Panamanian general election
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)
 
Nominee Laurentino Cortizo Rómulo Roux
Party PRD CD
Running mate Gabriel Carrizo Luis Casis
Popular vote 655,302 609,003
Percentage 33.35% 31.00%
 
Nominee Ricardo Lombana José Blandón
Party Independent Panameñista
Running mate Guillermo Márquez Nilda Quijano Peña
Popular vote 368,962 212,931
Percentage 18.78% 10.84%
President before election

Juan Carlos Varela
Panameñista

 Elected President

Laurentino Cortizo
PRD

Electoral system

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.[3]

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.[3]

The President is elected through plurality vote in one round.

Opinion polls
Pollster Date Cortizo (PRD) Roux (CD) Lombana (IND)
Gallup Panama 17–21 March 2019 38% 21% 4%
GAD3 29–30 April 2019 36% 26% 20%
Doxa Panamá 23–28 April 2019 30% 32% 15%
Stratmark 22–28 April 2019 44% 27% 10%

Preliminary results

President
Candidate Party Votes %
Laurentino CortizoDemocratic Revolutionary Party655,30233.35
Rómulo RouxDemocratic Change609,00331.00
Ricardo LombanaIndependent368,96218.78
José BlandónPanameñista Party212,93110.84
Ana Matilde GómezIndependent93,6314.77
Saúl MéndezBroad Front for Democracy13,5400.69
Marco AmeglioIndependent11,4080.58
Invalid/blank votes48,656–
Total2,013,433100
Registered voters/turnout2,757,82373.00
Source: Election Tribunal

National Assembly
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Revolutionary Party542,10529.9935+9
Democratic Change405,79822.4518–6
Panameñista Party312,63517.308–8
Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement92,3405.115+3
People's Party65,0283.600–1
Alliance Party43,6702.420–1
Broad Front for Democracy22,7111.2600
Independents323,15317.885+4
Invalid/blank votes142,663–––
Total1,950,103100 710
Registered voters/turnout––
Source: TE, psephos

By constituency
Bocas del Toro 1-1
Party Votes % Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party15,50126.93YY
Panameñista Party12,74022.14
Democratic Change9,14215.88
People's Party7,12112.37
Independent3,9336.83
Independent1,9723.43
Independent1,2902.24
Broad Front for Democracy1,2452.16
Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement6651.16
Alliance Party2180.38
Cocle 2-1
Party Votes % Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party 15,309 30.47 YY
Democratic Change 11,479 22.84
Independent 7,168 14.27
Panameñista Party 5,326 10.60
Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement 4,798 9.55
Peoples Party 734 1.46
Independent 614 1.22
Broad Front for Democracy 446 0.89
Alliance Party 135 0.27
Cocle 2-2
Party Votes % Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party 12,132 43.85 Y
Panamenista Party 9,999 36.14
Democratic Change 4,765 17.22
Broad Front for Democracy 768 2.78
Cocle 2-3
Party Votes % Elected
Panamenista/People's Party 17,677 55.24 Y
Democratic Change/Alliance Party 9,812 30.66
Democratic Revolution/Molirena Party 3,299 10.31%
Cocle 2-4
Party Votes % Elected
Panamenista/People's Party 11,129 41.30 Y
Democratic Revolutionary Party 6,963 25.84
Democratic Change 4,306 15.98
Molirena 1,831 6.79
Independent 1,322 4.91
Independent 859 3.19
Independent 347 1.29
Broad Front for Democracy 111 0.41
Alliance Party 80 0.30
Colon 3-1
Party Votes % Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party 35,056 34.86 YY
Panamenista Party 17,094 17.00 Y
Democratic Change 16,927 16.83 Y
Independent 7,331 7.29
Independent 5,516 5.48
Broad Front for Democracy 3,250 3.23
Molirena 2,999 2.98
Independent 2,104 2.09
People's Party 1,828 1.82
Alliance Party 1,317 1.31
Colon 3-2
Party Votes % Elected
Democratic Change 8,418 37.23 Y
Democratic Revolutionary Party/MOLIRENA 7,148 31.61
Panamenista/People's Party 5,374 23.77
Independent 905 4.00
Independent 494 2.18
Broad Front for Democracy 272 1.20
Chiriqui 4-1
Party Votes % Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party 23,710 30.43 Y
Panamenista Party 13,789 17.70 Y
Democratic Change 10,724 13.76
Independent 6,971 8.95
MOLIRENA 6,296 8.08 Y
Independent 4,246 5.45
Independent 2,511 3.22
People's Party 2,108 2.71
Broad Front for Democracy 1,244 1.60
Alliance Party 654 0.84
Chiriqui 4-2
Party Votes % Elected
Panamenista Party 10,338 36.39 Y
Democratic Revolutionary Party 10,287 36.21
Democratic Change 4,097 14.42
Independent 1,313 4.62
Alliance Party 787 2.77
Independent 608 2.14
Independent 439 1.55
People's Party 396 1.39
Broad Front for Democracy 144 0.51
Chiriqui 4-3
Party Votes % Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party 12,735 29.77 Y
Democratic Change 11,509 26.91
Panamenista Party 8,823 20.63
MOLIRENA 2,886 6.75
Independent 2,555 5.97
Independent 558 1.30
Alliance Party 300 0.70
Chiriqui 4-4
Party Votes % Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party 9,020 31.09 Y
Panamenista/People's Party 6,888 23.74
MOLIRENA 6,217 21.43
Democratic Change/Independent 4,457 15.36
Independent 2,228 7.68
Broad Front for Democracy 200 0.69
Chiriqui 4-5
Party Votes % Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party/MOLIRENA 14,834 45.17 Y
Independent 6,693 20.38
Alliance Party 3,400 10.35
Panamenista/People's Party 2,775 8.45
Independent 2,160 6.58
Democratic Change 2,063 6.28
Independent 918 2.80
Chiriqui 4-6
Party Votes % Elected
Democratic Change/Alliance Party 10,021 49.23 Y
Democratic Revolutionary Party/MOLIRENA 5,782 28.40
Panamenista/People's Party 4,554 22.37
Darien 5-1
Party Votes % Elected
Democratic Change 5,075 29.62 Y
Democratic Revolutionary Party 4,612 26.92
MOLIRENA 4,085 23.84
Panamenista/People's Party 2,616 15.27
Independent 261 1.52
Independent 241 1.41
Alliance Party 166 0.97
Broad Front for Democracy 77 0.45
Darien 5-2
Party Votes % Elected
Democratic Revolutionary Party 5,222 39.61 Y
MOLIRENA 3,948 29.95
Panamenista/People's Party 1,624 12.32
Democratic Change/Alliance Party 1,437 10.90
Independent 589 4.47
Independent 250 1.90
Independent 90 0.68
Broad Front for Democracy 23 0.17
Herrera 6-1
Party Votes % Elected
PRD/MOLIRENA 12,730 39.24 Y
CD/Alliance Party 9,185 28.31
Panamenista/Peopleś 7,213 22.23
Independent 1,729 5.33
Independent 1,175 3.62
Independent 287 0.88
FAD 126 0.39
Herrera 6-2
Party Votes % Elected
PRD/MOLIRENA 11,811 49.61 Y
People's/Panamenista 10,541 44.27
Independent 730 3.07
CD/Alliance Party 467 1.96
Independent 148 0.62
Independent 112 0.47
Herrera 6-3
Party Votes % Elected
PRD/MOLIRENA 10,924 47.69 Y
Panamenista/People's 6,479 28.28
Independent 2,916 12.73
CD/Alliance Party 1,251 5.46
Independent 1,123 4.90
Independent 214 0.93
Los Santos 7-1
Party Votes % Elected
PRD/MOLIRENA 12,312 36.32 Y
CD/Alliance Party 12,197 35.98
Panamenista/People's 5,371 15.79
Independent 2,157 6.36
Independent 1,178 5.54
Los Santos 7-2
Party Votes % Elected
PRD/MOLIRENA 16,366 51.33 Y
CD/Alliance Party 7,687 24.11
Panamenista/People's 3,541 11.11
Independent 3,264 10.24
Independent 538 1.69
Independent 343 1.08
Broad Front for Democracy 142 0.45
gollark: No, we must cooperate with the police or something?
gollark: An interesting idea.
gollark: Crab can explain it.
gollark: I believe* you.
gollark: Yes, let us.

References
  1. Panama IFES
  2. "Decree of the electoral court for the holding of elections" (PDF).
  3. Electoral system IPU
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.