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How Panama is governed

System of government
Presidential representative democratic republic

sineisen.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa Official source

the Electoral Tribunal is authorized to carry out, in faithful fulfillment of the cited precept

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

It is a unicameral legislature, currently made up of 71 members, who serve five-year terms.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Head of state
President

sineisen.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa Official source

the Electoral Tribunal is authorized to carry out, in faithful fulfillment of the cited precept

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

It is a unicameral legislature, currently made up of 71 members, who serve five-year terms.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Head of government
President

sineisen.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa Official source

the Electoral Tribunal is authorized to carry out, in faithful fulfillment of the cited precept

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

It is a unicameral legislature, currently made up of 71 members, who serve five-year terms.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Voting age
18

sineisen.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa Official source

the Electoral Tribunal is authorized to carry out, in faithful fulfillment of the cited precept

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

It is a unicameral legislature, currently made up of 71 members, who serve five-year terms.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Compulsory voting
No

sineisen.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa Official source

the Electoral Tribunal is authorized to carry out, in faithful fulfillment of the cited precept

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

It is a unicameral legislature, currently made up of 71 members, who serve five-year terms.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Electoral authority
Tribunal Electoral

sineisen.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa Official source

the Electoral Tribunal is authorized to carry out, in faithful fulfillment of the cited precept

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

It is a unicameral legislature, currently made up of 71 members, who serve five-year terms.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Legislature

sineisen.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa Official source

the Electoral Tribunal is authorized to carry out, in faithful fulfillment of the cited precept

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

It is a unicameral legislature, currently made up of 71 members, who serve five-year terms.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

  • National Assembly 71 seats 路 5-year term 路 Mixed system: single-member districts by plurality and multi-member districts by proportional representation

Panama has a directly elected president serving a five-year term; the constitution and electoral tribunal framework also point to universal voting from age 18. The National Assembly is unicameral and elected every five years. The Electoral Tribunal is the constitutional body that organizes and supervises elections.

sineisen.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa Official source

the Electoral Tribunal is authorized to carry out, in faithful fulfillment of the cited precept

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

It is a unicameral legislature, currently made up of 71 members, who serve five-year terms.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Elected offices

  • President of Panama head of state 路 1 seats 路 5-year term 路 Plurality in a single round

Past elections

Newest first. Results are as the sources published them.

Results

The latest elections with a result table. Provisional figures can change until the count is certified.

2024 Panamanian presidential election

Final resultsTurnout 77.7%

Share of the vote (%): all 1 lines, as in the table
Results of 2024 Panamanian presidential election
Party or candidateVotesShareSource
Jos茅 Ra煤l Mulino Elected778,76334.2%

Informe a la Naci贸n de los comicios del 2024 | Tribunal Electoral de Panam谩 Official source

El documento contiene ejes tem谩ticos como la participaci贸n electoral por grupos de edad (en esta elecci贸n alcanz贸 una cifra r茅cord de 77.7 %),

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Jos茅 Ra煤l Mulino recibe la credencial presidencial | Tribunal Electoral de Panam谩 Official source

Jos茅 Ra煤l Mulino fue electo presidente de Panam谩 el pasado 5 de mayo, luego de obtener la victoria en las urnas con un total de 778,766 votos, que representan el 34.23 % del total de los votos v谩lidos.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

2024 Panamanian parliamentary election 路 5 May 2024

Final results

Results of 2024 Panamanian parliamentary election
Party or candidateSeatsSource
Independent / Vamos coalition (Independent) Elected20

es.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Ninguna coalici贸n electoral obtuvo una mayor铆a absoluta en la Asamblea Nacional

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Realizing Goals + Alliance (Realizing Goals) Elected17

es.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Ninguna coalici贸n electoral obtuvo una mayor铆a absoluta en la Asamblea Nacional

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Democratic Revolutionary Party + MOLIRENA (Democratic Revolutionary Party) Elected-

es.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Ninguna coalici贸n electoral obtuvo una mayor铆a absoluta en la Asamblea Nacional

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Democratic Change Elected8

es.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Ninguna coalici贸n electoral obtuvo una mayor铆a absoluta en la Asamblea Nacional

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Paname帽ista Party Elected8

es.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Ninguna coalici贸n electoral obtuvo una mayor铆a absoluta en la Asamblea Nacional

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Movimiento Otro Camino Elected3

es.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Ninguna coalici贸n electoral obtuvo una mayor铆a absoluta en la Asamblea Nacional

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Popular Party Elected2

es.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Ninguna coalici贸n electoral obtuvo una mayor铆a absoluta en la Asamblea Nacional

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

PAIS0

es.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Ninguna coalici贸n electoral obtuvo una mayor铆a absoluta en la Asamblea Nacional

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 路 Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Open 2024 Panamanian parliamentary election

Panama in numbers

From the World Bank, each with the year it is from.

Sources

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