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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]
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.
3 Latest election. 4 See also. ... This article lists the heads of state of Panama since the short-lived first independence from the Republic of New Granada in 1840 ...
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panamanian ex-President Ricardo Martinelli and his team have appealed an electoral court's decision finding him ineligible to run in this year's presidential elections ...
Panama, the Central American nation at the crossroads of international trade and migration, will elect a new president on Sunday after a campaign season mired in legal uncertainty.
0–9. 1918 Panamanian parliamentary election; 1924 Panamanian general election; 1928 Panamanian general election; 1932 Panamanian general election; 1936 Panamanian general election
The politics of Panama take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic with multi-party system, whereby the President of Panama is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the president. Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly.
The National Assembly of Panama (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional de Panamá), formerly the Legislative Assembly of Panama (Asamblea Legislativa de Panamá), is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Panama. It is a unicameral legislature, currently made up of 71 members, who serve five-year terms.