Elections in Panama
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Elections in Panama gives information on election and election results in Panama.
Panama elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president and the vice-presidents are elected on one ballot for a five year term by the people. The Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) has 77 members, elected for a five year term in single-seat and multi-seat constituencies. Panama has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
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[edit] Latest elections
| Candidates | Parties | Votes | % |
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| Martín Torrijos | Democratic Revolutionary Party | 711,447 | 47.44 |
| Guillermo Endara | Solidarity Party | 462,766 | 30.86 |
| José Miguel Alemán | Arnulfista Party | 245,845 | 16.39 |
| Ricardo Martinelli | Democratic Change | 79,595 | 5.31 |
| Total (turnout 76.9%) | 1,499,072 | 100.0 | |
| Ballot papers left blank | 17,366 | 1.13 | |
| Spoiled ballot papers | 21,276 | 1.38 | |
| Total votes | 1,537,714 | ||
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Democratic Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Democrático) | 37.8 | 41 | |
| Arnulfista Party (Partido Arnulfista ) | 19.2 | 17 | |
| Solidarity Party (Partido Solidaridad) | 15.7 | 9 | |
| Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement (Movimiento Liberal Republicano Nacionalista) | 8.6 | 4 | |
| Democratic Change (Cambio Democrático) | 7.4 | 3 | |
| People's Party (Partido Popular) | 6.0 | 1 | |
| National Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Nacional) | 5.2 | 3 | |
| Total (turnout 76.9 %) | 78 | ||
| Source: Source: Tribunal Electoral de Panama | |||
[edit] Past elections and referenda
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Panamanian presidential elections
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