1999 Panamanian general election

1999 Panamanian general election
	2 May 1999
	Presidential election
Turnout	76.17% ( 2.50pp)
President before election; Ernesto Pérez Balladares; PRD	Elected President ; Mireya Moscoso; Arnulfista

General elections were held in Panama on 2 May 1999, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new Legislative Assembly.

Results


Candidate		Party or alliance			Votes	%
	Mireya Moscoso	Union for Panama		Arnulfista Party	367,865	28.77
				Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement	140,240	10.97
				Democratic Change	36,068	2.82
				National Renewal Movement	28,544	2.23
			Total		572,717	44.80
	Martín Torrijos	New Nation Alliance		Democratic Revolutionary Party	403,649	31.57
				National Liberal Party	36,111	2.82
				Solidarity Party	23,524	1.84
				Mother Earth Movement	20,217	1.58
			Total		483,501	37.82
	Alberto Vallarino	Opposition Action Alliance		Christian Democratic Party	141,283	11.05
				Liberal Party	45,192	3.53
				Civic Renewal Party	25,579	2.00
				Popular Nationalist Party	10,196	0.80
			Total		222,250	17.38
Total					1,278,468	100.00

Valid votes					1,278,468	96.07
Invalid/blank votes					52,262	3.93
Total votes					1,330,730	100.00
Registered voters/turnout					1,746,989	76.17
Source: Nohlen^[1]



Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	New Nation Alliance		Democratic Revolutionary Party	393,356	31.99	34
			National Liberal Party	75,866	6.17	3
			Solidarity Party	71,860	5.84	4
			Mother Earth Movement	21,841	1.78	0
		Total		562,923	45.79	41
	Union for Panama		Arnulfista Party	266,030	21.64	18
			Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement	92,711	7.54	3
			Democratic Change	66,841	5.44	2
			National Renewal Movement	42,996	3.50	1
		Total		468,578	38.11	24
	Opposition Action Alliance		Christian Democratic Party	107,179	8.72	5
			Liberal Party	41,588	3.38	0
			Civic Renewal Party	37,705	3.07	1
			Popular Nationalist Party	11,506	0.94	0
		Total		197,978	16.10	6
Total				1,229,479	100.00	71

Valid votes				1,229,479	94.11
Invalid/blank votes				76,911	5.89
Total votes				1,306,390	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,746,989	74.78
Source: Nohlen^[2]

^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.534.
^ 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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