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This article lists political parties in Panama. Panama has a multi-party system . Although there are three major political parties , no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments .
The Popular Union Party (in Spanish: Partido Unión Popular, PUP) was a Panamanian centrist liberal political party.. It was founded in 1947 by Sergio González Ruiz. [1] Sergio González Ruiz was one of leaders of the Community Action (in 1920s-1930s) [2] and Liberal Doctrinaire Party (in 1930s-1940s).
Panama elects on national level a head of state, i.e. the president, and a legislature. The president and the vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) has 71 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat and multi-seat constituencies.
General elections were held in Panama on 5 May 2024 to elect a new President of Panama, members of the National Assembly and local governments. [2] [3] Due to constitutional term limits, incumbent president Laurentino Cortizo was ineligible for a second consecutive term. [4]
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It was the first party in Panama that underwent such restructuring and was viewed as the most organized and biggest political party in the country. The restructuring was led by Ernesto Perez Balladares, Francisco Sanchez, Mitchell Does, Tomas G. Duque, and Gerardo Gonzalez.
The Independent Social Alternative Party (Spanish: Partido Alternativa Independiente Social; PAIS) was a conservative and evangelical political party in Panama. [1] It was officially recognized as a party on September 16, 2021, and it was chaired by the lawyer José Alberto Álvarez. [2] It has 28,143 members (November 2021). [3]
[11] De la Guardia abetted friction among the parties in the official coalition. [12] In 1959 the former PREN faction left the CPN and registered as separate political party, Renewal Party. [13] In 1960 PREN allied with the Popular Alliance (AP) and its candidate Víctor Florencio Goytía of National Liberal Party (PLN). PREN polled 8,004 votes ...