2019 Panamanian general election

General elections were held in Panama on 5 May 2019. Due to constitutional term limits, incumbent President Juan Carlos Varela was ineligible for a second consecutive term. 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.

2019 Panamanian general election
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)
Presidential election
 
Candidate Laurentino Cortizo Rómulo Roux
Party PRD CD
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
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
PartyLeader % 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
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