Panamanian general election, 2014

Panamanian general election, 2014

4 May 2014 (2014-05-04)

Nominee Juan Carlos Varela José Domingo Arias Juan Carlos Navarro Party PP CD PRD Running mate Isabel Saint Malo Marta Linares de Martinelli Gerardo Solís Popular vote 724,762 581,828 521,842 Percentage 39.1% 31.4% 28.1%

President before election Ricardo Martinelli Democratic Change Elected President Juan Carlos Varela Panameñista Party

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General elections were held in Panama on 4 May 2014.^[1] Due to constitutional term limits, Incumbent President Ricardo Martinelli was ineligible for a second consecutive term. Incumbent Vice President Juan Carlos Varela of the Partido Panameñista was declared the victor with 39% of the votes counted.^[2]

Electoral system

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 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]

Presidential candidates

Seven candidates contested the election:^[4]

• José Domingo Arias – Cambio Democrático (CD), a former minister in Martinelli's government
• Juan Carlos Navarro - Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), former mayor of Panama City
• Juan Carlos Varela - Panameñista Party, incumbent Vice President
• Genaro López - Broad Front for Democracy (FAD), former General Secretary of the SUNTRACS union
• Juan Jované - Independent, former head of the Social Security administration, and a left-wing economist
• Esteban Rodríguez - Independent
• Gerardo Barroso - Independent

Opinion polls

Results

President

National Assembly

Although Democratic Change won 30 seats and MOLIRENA 2, rival candidates in 10 of the circuits won by CD and 1 of those won by MOLIRENA said there were irregularities throughout the elections that favored the winning parties. As such, the Electoral Tribunal of Panama annulled the results in those circuits and new special elections will be held every Sunday since 16 November 2014 to determine which candidate will win one of those 11 seats.

As of now, the results are:

References

Elections and referendums in Panama
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Referendums	1940 1977 1983 1992 1998 2006