{"iso":"PA","name":"Panama","flag":"\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udde6","vote":"National Assembly \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2024-05-05","source":"2024 election result, official count","credit":"National Assembly results as published by the Tribunal Electoral, official count","shares":{"IND":24.1,"RM":17.2,"PRD":16.3,"CD":11.2,"PPA":10.6,"MOCA":7.0,"PP":6.0,"MOL":3.2,"ALI":2.9},"polls":[],"parties":{"IND":{"name":"Independientes","color":"#808080","name_en":"Independents"},"RM":{"name":"Realizando Metas","color":"#0B76C0","name_en":"Realizing Goals"},"PRD":{"name":"Partido Revolucionario Democr\u00e1tico","color":"#003F87","name_en":"Democratic Revolutionary Party"},"CD":{"name":"Cambio Democr\u00e1tico","color":"#2A889B","name_en":"Democratic Change"},"PPA":{"name":"Partido Paname\u00f1ista","color":"#660099","name_en":"Panamenista Party"},"MOCA":{"name":"Movimiento Otro Camino","color":"#F27321","name_en":"Another Way Movement"},"PP":{"name":"Partido Popular","color":"#7AC043","name_en":"People's Party"},"MOL":{"name":"MOLIRENA","color":"#FDD900","name_en":"Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement"},"ALI":{"name":"Partido Alianza","color":"#E2211C","name_en":"Alliance Party"}},"primer":{"system":"Unitary presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino, who is also head of government","legislature":"National Assembly, 71 seats, elected for five-year terms","electoral_system":"Rural districts elect single members by plurality while urban districts elect several members proportionally.","government_now":"Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino has governed since the 2024 elections \u00b7 the vice presidency is currently vacant.","context":"The National Assembly is elected at the same time as the president, so the legislative balance is fixed for the five-year term. The next general election is due in 2029.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders and the Assembly \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"IND":["Independientes","Independents","Independent candidates, most aligned with the reformist anti-corruption Vamos movement; the largest bloc and main opposition force in the Assembly."],"RM":["Realizando Metas","Realizing Goals","Right-wing populist party founded by ex-president Ricardo Martinelli; the vehicle that elected President Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino, now the governing party."],"PRD":["Partido Revolucionario Democr\u00e1tico","Democratic Revolutionary Party","Historically dominant centre-left/populist party rooted in Omar Torrijos's movement; cut down to a traditional-party rump but part of the pro-government Assembly pact."],"CD":["Cambio Democr\u00e1tico","Democratic Change","Centre-right, pro-business party once led by Martinelli; part of the governing legislative alliance."],"PPA":["Partido Paname\u00f1ista","Paname\u00f1ista Party","Centre-right nationalist party, one of Panama's historic governing parties; now much diminished and split between government and opposition."],"MOCA":["Movimiento Otro Camino","Another Way Movement","Centrist anti-corruption reformist party founded by Ricardo Lombana; in opposition."],"PP":["Partido Popular","People's Party","Christian-democratic centrist party (formerly the Christian Democratic Party); a minor player."],"MOL":["MOLIRENA","Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement","Right-wing liberal-conservative party, a long-standing minor party that allies with larger blocs; part of the governing pact."],"ALI":["Partido Alianza","Alliance Party","Small conservative party; part of the pro-government Assembly alliance."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2024 election","total":71,"seats":{"IND":20,"RM":14,"PRD":13,"CD":8,"PPA":8,"MOCA":3,"PP":2,"ALI":2,"MOL":1}},"region_winners":{"Chiriqu\u00ed":"RM","Guna Yala":"CD","Ember\u00e1-Wounaan Comarca":"PP","Dari\u00e9n":"RM","Panam\u00e1":"RM","Cocl\u00e9":"RM","Veraguas":"RM","Col\u00f3n":"RM","Ng\u00f6be-Bugl\u00e9 Comarca":"IND","Los Santos":"RM","Herrera":"MOCA"},"region_meta":{"election":"2024 Panamanian general election, presidential vote by province and comarca (5 May 2024)","source":"Tribunal Electoral de Panama official results","note":"Each province or comarca shaded by the presidential candidate's party with the most votes: Mulino (RM) led 9 of 10 provinces plus the Naso and Madugandi comarcas, Lombana (MOCA) led Herrera, Roux (CD) led Guna Yala, Torrijos (PP) led Embera-Wounaan, and independent Zulay Rodriguez led the Ngabe-Bugle comarca. Panama and Panama Oeste provinces are merged in this map's geometry; both were won by RM. One duplicate Ngabe-Bugle key in the geometry is left uncoloured."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2029","title":"Panamanian general election","chamber":"National Assembly","type":"expected"}}