2014 Panamanian general election
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General elections were held in Panama on 4 May 2014.[1] Due to constitutional term limits, Incumbent President Ricardo Martinelli is 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
The 71 members of the National Assembly were elected in a mix of single- and 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)
- Juan Carlos Navarro - Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), former mayor of Panama City
- Juan Carlos Varela - Panameñista Party (PP), incumbent Vice President
- Genaro López - Broad Front of 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
| Poll source | Date | José Domingo Arias (CD) |
Juan Carlos Navarro (PRD) |
Juan Carlos Varela (PP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dichter & Neira[5] | March 2014 | 39% | 32% | 26% |
| Ipsos[5] | March 2014 | 33% | 31% | 26% |
| Dichter & Neira[6] | April 23, 2014 | 35% | 30% | 32% |
| Ipsos[7] | April 23, 2014 | 33.9% | 34.2% | 29.1% |
Results
Telemetro Panama reporting from TE of Panama shows, the Vice President Juan Carlos Varela of PP is leading results scoring 39.03%, ruling party CD's candidate Jose Domingo Arias got 31.99 and opposition PRD's Juan Carlos Navarro Former Mayor of Panama is at 27.95% from 82.5% of counted votes. [8] Tribunal Electoral declares Juan Carlos Varela the President Elect of Panama.
References
- ^ Panama IFES
- ^ "Vice President Juan Carlos Varela wins Panama's presidential race, topping field of 7". U.S. News. 4 May 2014.
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- ^ Panama IFES
- ^ a b Zissis, Carin (28 March 2014). "Poll Update: Panama's Ruling-Party Candidate ahead in Possible Close Race". Americas Society / Council of the Americas.
- ^ "Intención de Voto Presiencial - Encuesta TVN y Dichter & Neira". TVN Noticias Panamá. 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Panamá Opina - Telemetro Reporta". Telemetro Reporta. 23 April 2014.
- ^ Telemetro Panama [1] Panama Vote 2014
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