2019 Panamanian general election

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2019 Panamanian general election
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Presidential election
 
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 % 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]

Electoral system[edit]

Of the 71 members of the National Assembly, 26 were elected in single-member constituencies and 45 by proportional representation in multi-member constituencies. Each district with more than 40,000 inhabitants formed a constituency. Constituencies elected one MP for every 30,000 residents and an additional representative for every fraction over 10,000.[7]

In single-member constituencies, MPs were elected using the first-past-the-post system. In multi-member constituencies MPs were elected using party list proportional representation according to a double quotient; the first allocation of seats used a simple quotient, further seats were allotted using the quotient divided by two, with any remaining seats are awarded to the parties with the greatest remainder.[7]

The President was elected through plurality vote in one round.

Background[edit]

Incumbent President Juan Carlos Varela was elected in 2014 with 39% of the vote.[8] Polls showed him to be the second most unpopular president in Latin America by 2018, with a 57% disapproval rating.[9]

Corruption became a major issue during the campaign,[10] being the first election held after the Panama Papers leak, which exposed the extent of the country's involvement in tax evasion.[11] Investigations into mass bribery by the Brazilian company Odebrecht also took place during the preceding presidential term,[12] with the presidential administrations of Martín Torrijos, Ricardo Martinelli, and Juan Carlos Varela all being subject to scrutiny.[13] Martinelli was also investigated for wiretapping political opponents,[14] which resulted in his being disqualified in his campaigns for Assembly deputy and Panama City mayor.[15]

Opinion polls[edit]

Pollster Date Cortizo (PRD) Roux (CD) Lombana (IND)
Gallup Panama[16] 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%

Results[edit]

President[edit]

CandidateParty or allianceVotes%
Laurentino CortizoJoining ForcesDemocratic Revolutionary Party609,63831.03
Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement45,6642.32
Total655,30233.35
Rómulo RouxChange to Wake UpDemocratic Change564,29728.72
Alliance Party44,7062.28
Total609,00331.00
Ricardo LombanaIndependent368,96218.78
José BlandónPanama We CanPanameñista Party174,1138.86
People's Party38,8181.98
Total212,93110.84
Ana Matilde GómezIndependent93,6314.77
Saúl MéndezBroad Front for Democracy13,5400.69
Marco AmeglioIndependent11,4080.58
Total1,964,777100.00
Valid votes1,964,77797.58
Invalid/blank votes48,6562.42
Total votes2,013,433100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,757,82373.01
Source: Election Tribunal

National Assembly[edit]

PartyVotes%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
Total1,807,440100.00710
Valid votes1,807,44092.68
Invalid/blank votes142,6637.32
Total votes1,950,103100.00
Source: Tribunal Electoral

Elected members[edit]

The following members were elected:

Circuit 1-1[edit]
  • Benicio Robinson (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
  • Abel Beker (Democratic Revolutionary Party)
Circuit 2-1[edit]
  • Néstor Guardia (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
  • Daniel Ramos (Democratic Revolutionary Party)
Circuit 2-2[edit]
  • Melchor Herrera (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
Circuit 2-3[edit]
  • Luis Ernesto Carles (Panameñista Party)[17][18]
Circuit 2-4[edit]
Circuit 3-1[edit]
  • Jairo Salazar (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
  • Mariano López (Democratic Revolutionary Party)
  • Leopoldo Benedetti (Democratic Change)
  • Pedro Torres (Panameñista Party)
Circuit 3-2[edit]
  • Nelson Jackson (Democratic Change)[17][18]
Circuit 4-1[edit]
  • Fernando Arce (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
  • Miguel Fanovich (MOLIRENA)
  • Hugo Méndez (Panameñista Party)
Circuit 4-2[edit]
  • Everardo Concepción (Panameñista Party)[17][18]
Circuit 4-3[edit]
  • Juan Esquivel (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
  • Rony Araúz (Democratic Change)
Circuit 4-4[edit]
  • Gonzalo González (Democratic Revolutionary Party)
Circuit 4-5[edit]
Circuit 4-6[edit]
  • Ana Giselle Rosas (Democratic Change)[17][18]
Circuit 5-1[edit]
  • Arnulfo Díaz (Democratic Change)[17][18]
Circuit 5-2[edit]
  • Jaime Vargas (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
Circuit 6-1[edit]
  • Alejandro Castillero (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
Circuit 6-2[edit]
  • Julio Mendoza (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
Circuit 6-3[edit]
  • Marcos Castillero (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
Circuit 7-1[edit]
  • Eric Broce (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
Circuit 7-2[edit]
  • Olivares Frías (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
Circuit 8-1[edit]
  • Kayra Harding (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
  • Marylín Vallarino (Democratic Change)
  • Yesenia Rodríguez (Panameñista Party)
Circuit 8-2[edit]
  • Yanibel Ábrego (Democratic Change)[17][18]
Circuit 8-3[edit]
  • José Herrera (Democratic Change)[17][18]
Circuit 8-4[edit]
  • Roberto Ábrego (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
  • Roberto Ayala (Democratic Revolutionary Party)
  • Lilia Batista (Democratic Change)
Circuit 8-5[edit]
  • Hernán Delgado (Democratic Change)[17][18]
Circuit 8-6[edit]
  • Raúl Pineda (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
  • Leandro Ávila (Democratic Revolutionary Party)
  • Zulay Rodríguez (Democratic Revolutionary Party)
  • Pancho Alemán (MOLIRENA)
  • Dalia Bernal (Democratic Change)
  • Itzi Atencio (Panameñista Party)
  • Juan Diego Vásquez (Independent)
Circuit 8-7[edit]
  • Crispiano Adames (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
  • Héctor Brands (Democratic Revolutionary Party)
  • Corina Cano (MOLIRENA)
  • Sergio "Chello" Gálvez (Democratic Change)
  • Gabriel Silva (Independent)
Circuit 8-8[edit]
  • Javier Sucre (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
  • Victor Castillo (Democratic Revolutionary Party)
  • Mayín Correa (Democratic Change)
  • Edison Broce (Independent)
  • Raúl Fernández (Independent)
Circuit 8-9[edit]
  • Alina González (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
  • Tito Rodríguez (MOLIRENA)
  • Genésis Arjona (Democratic Change)
Circuit 8-10[edit]
  • Edwin Zúñiga (Democratic Change)[17][18]
  • Alaín Cedeño (Democratic Change)
  • Cenobia Vargas (Democratic Revolutionary Party)
  • Elías Vigil (Panameñista Party)
Circuit 9-1[edit]
  • Luis Rafael Cruz (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
  • Fátima Agrazal (Democratic Change)
Circuit 9-2[edit]
  • Ariel Alba (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
Circuit 9-3[edit]
  • Eugenio Bernal (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
Circuit 9-4[edit]
  • Ricardo Torres (Democratic Revoltuonary Party)[17][18]
Circuit 10-1[edit]
  • Petita Ayarza (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
Circuit 10-2[edit]
  • Arquesio Arias (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]
Circuit 12-1[edit]
  • Leopoldo Archibold (Democratic Change)[17][18]
Circuit 12-2[edit]
Circuit 12-3[edit]
  • Ricardo Santo (Democratic Revolutionary Party)[17][18]


Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Herrera was elected, but his term was served by his alternate.[19]

References[edit]

  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.
  7. ^ a b Electoral system IPU
  8. ^ "Panamá elige a Juan Carlos Varela, el peor enemigo del presidente Martinelli". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  9. ^ "Varela tuvo menos 33 de aprobación en enero". Panamá América (in Spanish). 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  10. ^ Mat Youkee (May 1, 2019). "Elections 2019: Five Things to Know About Panama's May 5 Vote". Americas Quarterly. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  11. ^ Journalists, The International Consortium of Investigative. "Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption - The Panama Papers". OCCRP. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  12. ^ marpichel (2017-06-01). "Caso Odebrecht en Panamá: 36 procesados y 56 millones aprehendidos". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  13. ^ "El expresidente panameño Martín Torrijos fue investigado por el caso Odebrecht". France 24. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  14. ^ Noticias, Redacción de TVN (2015-10-29). "Tras 20 días de acusación contra Martinelli por "pinchazos" Mejía aún no actúa". Tvn Panamá (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  15. ^ "Panamá: Tribunal anula candidaturas del expresidente Ricardo Martinelli". France 24. 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  16. ^ "Poll Tracker: Panama's 2019 Presidential Election".
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al "DIPUTADOS GANADORES 2019" (PDF). Tribunal Electoral. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al "Plan General de Elecciones (PLAGEL 2022-2024)". Tribunal Electoral. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  19. ^ Espinoza, Tereza (2024-05-06). "Medio cociente y residuo los salvan: Pineda, 'Bolota' Salazar, Robinson y Gálvez se mantienen en la Asamblea". Tvn Panamá (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-23.
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