Seats Won in this Election:

• Democratic Revolutionary Party / Partido Revolucionario Democrático (PRD): 36
• Democratic Change / Cambio Democrático (CD):  18
• Panemeñista Party / Partido Panameñista (PP): 8
• Independents: 5
• Liberal Republican Nationalist Movement / Movimiento Liberal Republicano Nacionalista (MOLIRENA): 4

At Stake in this Election:

• 71 seats in the National Assembly

Government Structure:

• Chief of State: President Juan Carlos VARELA
• Head of Government: President Juan Carlos VARELA
• Assembly: Panama has a unicameral National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) with 71 seats.

Electoral System:

• In the National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional), 45 members are elected by open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies to serve five-year terms and 26 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve five-year terms.

Main Parties in this Election:

• Party: Democratic Change / Cambio Democrático (CD)
  • President: Rómulo ROUX
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: 30
• Party: Democratic Revolutionary Party / Partido Revolucionario Democrático (PRD)
  • President: Benicio Enacio ROBINSON GRAJALES
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: 25
• Party: Panameñista Party / Partido Panameñista (PP)
  • President: José Luis VARELA RODRÍGUEZ
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: 12
• Party: Liberal Republican Nationalist Movement / Movimiento Liberal Republicano Nacionalista (MOLIRENA)
  • President: Francisco ALEMÁN MENDOZA
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: 2
• Party: Broad Front of Democracy / Frente Amplio por la Democracia (FAD)
  • President: Fernando CEBAMANOS
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: N/A
• Party: Popular Party / Partido Popular (PP)
  • President: Juan Carlos ARANGO
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: 1
• Party: ALLIANCE Party / Partido ALIANZA
  • President: José MUÑOZ MOLINA
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: N/A
• Independents
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: 1

Population and Voter Registration:

• Population: 4,226,197 (2019 est.)
• Eligible Voters: 2,713,698 (as of May 5, 2018)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 2,109,750 (2019 est.)
• Is Panama a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (26 June 1980)
• Has Panama ratified CEDAW: Yes (29 October 1981)
• Gender Quota: Yes
• Female candidates in this election: Yes
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 13 (following the 2014 elections)
• Human Development Index Position: 66 (2018)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A (Very Low 2014)

Disability Data:

• Is Panama a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
• Has Panama ratified CRPD: Yes (7 August 2007)
• Population with a disability: 584,554 (est.) Persons with disabilities registered to vote in this election 29,644 persons (15,310 women and 14,334 men).