2004 Panamanian general election

General elections were held in Panama on Sunday, 2 May 2004, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new Legislative Assembly.

2004 Panamanian general election
2 May 2004 (2004-05-02)
Presidential election
 
Nominee Martín Torrijos Guillermo Endara
Party PRD Solidarity
Popular vote 711,164 462,824
Percentage 47.44% 30.87%
 
Nominee José Miguel Alemán Ricardo Martinelli
Party Arnulfista CD
Popular vote 245,568 79,491
Percentage 16.38% 5.30%
President before election

Mireya Moscoso
Panameñista

 Elected President

Martin Torrijos
Democratic Revolutionary

Politics of Panama
Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign relations

Results

President

For the second consecutive election, Martín Torrijos, son of former military ruler Omar Torrijos, was named the candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD); in 1999, he had lost to Mireya Moscoso. Torrijos ran on a platform of strengthening democracy and negotiating a free trade agreement with the US, and was supported by popular musician and politician Rubén Blades;[1] Torrijos later made Blades the nation's tourism minister.[2] Torrijos' primary rival was Guillermo Endara, who had served as president from 1990 to 1994. Endara ran as the candidate of the Solidarity Party, on a platform of reducing crime and government corruption.[3] Endara and the other candidates also ran a series of negative ads highlighting the PRD's connections with former military ruler Manuel Noriega.[4] Endara finished second in the race, receiving 31% of the vote to Torrijos' 47%.[1]

Torrijos assumed office on 1 September 2004. Voters also elected his two vice-presidents, who run on party tickets in conjunction with the presidential candidates.

CandidateParty or allianceVotes%
Martín TorrijosNew FatherlandDemocratic Revolutionary Party649,15743.30
People's Party62,0074.14
Total711,16447.44
Guillermo EndaraSolidarity Party462,82430.87
José Miguel AlemánVision of the CountryArnulfista Party162,83010.86
Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement60,1064.01
National Liberal Party22,6321.51
Total245,56816.38
Ricardo MartinelliDemocratic Change79,4915.30
Total1,499,047100.00
Valid votes1,499,04797.51
Invalid/blank votes38,2952.49
Total votes1,537,342100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,999,55376.88
Source: Nohlen[5]

Legislative Assembly

In addition to its president and vice presidents, Panama elected a new Legislative Assembly (78 members), 20 deputies to represent the country at the Central American Parliament, and a string of mayors and other municipal officers.

Party or allianceVotes%Seats
New FatherlandDemocratic Revolutionary Party549,94837.8541
People's Party86,7275.971
Total636,67543.8242
Vision of the CountryArnulfista Party279,56019.2417
Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement125,5478.644
National Liberal Party76,1915.243
Total481,29833.1224
Solidarity Party227,60415.669
Democratic Change107,5117.403
Total1,453,088100.0078
Valid votes1,453,08895.29
Invalid/blank votes71,8884.71
Total votes1,524,976100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,999,55376.27
Source: Nohlen[6]

The Panama City mayor race was won also by the PRD. Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro was re-elected.

References
  1. "Not his father's son? Panama's new president.(Martin Torrijos)". The Economist. May 8, 2004. Archived from the original on September 28, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  2. "Nicky Hilton Weds One Hilton ..." The Washington Post. August 16, 2004. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  3. Mark Stevenson (May 2, 2004). "Guillermo Endara, former president of Panama, fights against corruption, crime". Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 23, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  4. Mary Jordan (May 2, 2004). "General's Son Leads in Panama; Running as a Pro-Capitalist Nationalist, Torrijos Emerges as Favorite in Polls". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  5. Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.535.
  6. Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.528.
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