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Panama general election 2029

Polling day Date not yet official. 3 races. Counted by Electoral Tribunal. Times are Panama time; hover for UTC.

President and Vice President

7 May14 May
Election-night count
6–7 MayElection-night count: Sun 6 May, 16:00 → Mon 7 May, 23:59, precedent.
Final result
7–16 MayFinal result: Mon 7 May, 00:00 → Wed 16 May, 23:59, precedent.
announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimatePanama time. Polls close in 948 days.
Stage windows and their sources 2 stages, each cited
  1. Election-night count
    →
    precedent
    Código Electoral art. 416: polls open at 07:00 and close at 16:00 ('se cerrará a las cuatro de la tarde'), voters in line at that hour still vote. Panama is UTC-5 all year (no DST), so 16:00 local is 21:00 UTC. 2024 precedent: the TE's TER showed its first results at about 16:30 local, 30 minutes after the close, and most tables were transmitted within four hours (EU Election Expert Mission final report, 2024). The end of the window, end of 7 May local, is our estimate. The TER is an unofficial count ('extraoficial'); the official result is the scrutiny boards' proclamation, not an update of the TER page.
  2. Final result
    →
    precedent
    The Junta Nacional de Escrutinio, appointed by the TE, makes the general scrutiny of the 39 circuit acts plus the overseas/advance-vote act and proclaims the ticket with the most votes, single round (Código Electoral arts. 445-447); proclamation within 24 hours of the end of the scrutiny (art. 446). 2024 precedent: the JNE finished the scrutiny and proclaimed the president on 9 May 2024, day 4 (JNE press releases of 9 and 10 May 2024, and of 10 Jun 2024: 'proclamó oficialmente el pasado 9 de mayo al presidente'; EU EEM report). 2019 precedent: proclamation on 10 May 2019, day 5 (TVN, 10 May 2019). To err late the window closes at the end of 16 May 2029 local, day 10. A nullity petition can be filed up to three working days after the proclamation is published in the Boletín del Tribunal Electoral (art. 469; bond B/.50,000 for president, art. 471); it does not stop the proclamation (art. 446). Tentative: derived from the law, not yet convened by the Tribunal Electoral. Código Electoral art. 334: the elections for president and vice president, deputies, deputies to the Central American Parliament, mayors, councillors and corregimiento representatives 'tendrán lugar el primer domingo de mayo del año en que deban celebrarse. Si el primer domingo de dicho mes fuese el primer día del mes, las elecciones se efectuarán el domingo siguiente.' Constitution arts. 177 and 148: president, vice president and deputies are elected for five years on the same day; the 2024 election was held 5 May 2024 and the term runs to 30 June 2029 (art. 181: inauguration on 1 July following the election). 1 May 2029 is a Tuesday, so the first Sunday of May 2029 is 6 May 2029. Panama has no early-election mechanism for the president or the Assembly. Pending changes: on 28 Sep 2026 the Assembly plenary received bill 699 reforming the Código Electoral 'para las elecciones generales de 2029' (La Prensa, 28 Sep 2026); the press coverage we read names no change to the polling day or hours. Law project 700 on the 2029 circuits, passed in third debate, 'mantiene fijo el número total de 71 diputados' (Panamá América, 24 Sep 2026). In Jul 2026 the president announced he would promote a constituent assembly in 2027, with no mechanism or date given (Telemetro, 24 Jul 2026); none is legally called.
Results sources 7 pages, 1 can answer a results question
URLRoleKindCan answer a results questionLast check
resultados.te.gob.pa/resultadosresults-liveresults indexno (results section without an election code)not checked yet
tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/resultados-elecciones-generales-2024/see-alsorace resultsyesnot checked yet
jnepanama.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/TEXTO-UNICO-DAL-Version-4-con-indice-al-24-3-23.pdftimetableotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
sinaproc.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/constitucion-politica-de-la-republica-de-panama.pdfsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
eods.eu/library/EU%20EEM%20PAN%202024%20FR%20ES.pdfobserver-reportotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Panamanian_general_electionsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
tribunal-electoral.gob.paauthority-homeemb homeno (site root: cannot answer a results question)not checked yet

National Assembly 71 seats

6 May13 May20 May27 May
Election-night count
6–7 MayElection-night count: Sun 6 May, 16:00 → Mon 7 May, 23:59, precedent.
Final result
7–31 MayFinal result: Mon 7 May, 00:00 → Thu 31 May, 23:59, precedent.
announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimatePanama time. Polls close in 948 days.
Stage windows and their sources 2 stages, each cited
  1. Election-night count
    →
    precedent
    Código Electoral art. 416: polls open at 07:00 and close at 16:00 ('se cerrará a las cuatro de la tarde'), voters in line at that hour still vote. Panama is UTC-5 all year (no DST), so 16:00 local is 21:00 UTC. 2024 precedent: the TE's TER showed its first results at about 16:30 local, 30 minutes after the close, and most tables were transmitted within four hours (EU Election Expert Mission final report, 2024). The end of the window, end of 7 May local, is our estimate. The TER is an unofficial count ('extraoficial'); the official result is the scrutiny boards' proclamation, not an update of the TER page.
  2. Final result
    →
    precedent
    Each circuit scrutiny board proclaims its deputies: plurality in single-member circuits, quotient, half-quotient and residue in multi-member circuits (Código Electoral arts. 449-453), within 24 hours of the end of its scrutiny (art. 446). There is no single national proclamation. 2024 precedent: most circuits proclaimed in the days after 5 May; arithmetic errors delayed the proclamations in Bocas del Toro, San Miguelito and Coclé by up to four days; the TE began publishing the proclamations in its Boletín on 20 May 2024, gradually (EU Election Expert Mission final report, 2024). Nullity petitions run until three working days after a proclamation's Boletín publication (art. 469); by 29 May 2024 the TE had received 35, 22 of them on deputies (EU EEM). A challenged deputy gets no credential until the TE resolves, and an annulment can order new voting at the affected tables (art. 468), so a few seats can stay open past this window. To err late the window closes at the end of 31 May 2029 local, day 25. Tentative: derived from the law, not yet convened by the Tribunal Electoral. Código Electoral art. 334: the elections for president and vice president, deputies, deputies to the Central American Parliament, mayors, councillors and corregimiento representatives 'tendrán lugar el primer domingo de mayo del año en que deban celebrarse. Si el primer domingo de dicho mes fuese el primer día del mes, las elecciones se efectuarán el domingo siguiente.' Constitution arts. 177 and 148: president, vice president and deputies are elected for five years on the same day; the 2024 election was held 5 May 2024 and the term runs to 30 June 2029 (art. 181: inauguration on 1 July following the election). 1 May 2029 is a Tuesday, so the first Sunday of May 2029 is 6 May 2029. Panama has no early-election mechanism for the president or the Assembly. Pending changes: on 28 Sep 2026 the Assembly plenary received bill 699 reforming the Código Electoral 'para las elecciones generales de 2029' (La Prensa, 28 Sep 2026); the press coverage we read names no change to the polling day or hours. Law project 700 on the 2029 circuits, passed in third debate, 'mantiene fijo el número total de 71 diputados' (Panamá América, 24 Sep 2026). In Jul 2026 the president announced he would promote a constituent assembly in 2027, with no mechanism or date given (Telemetro, 24 Jul 2026); none is legally called.
Results sources 7 pages, 1 can answer a results question
URLRoleKindCan answer a results questionLast check
resultados.te.gob.pa/resultadosresults-liveresults indexno (results section without an election code)not checked yet
tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/resultados-elecciones-generales-2024/see-alsorace resultsyesnot checked yet
jnepanama.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/TEXTO-UNICO-DAL-Version-4-con-indice-al-24-3-23.pdftimetableotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
sinaproc.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/constitucion-politica-de-la-republica-de-panama.pdfsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
eods.eu/library/EU%20EEM%20PAN%202024%20FR%20ES.pdfobserver-reportotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Panamanian_general_electionsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
tribunal-electoral.gob.paauthority-homeemb homeno (site root: cannot answer a results question)not checked yet

Central American Parliament (Panamanian deputies) 20 seats

4 May18 May1 Jun15 Jun29 Jun
Election-night count
6–7 MayElection-night count: Sun 6 May, 16:00 → Mon 7 May, 23:59, precedent.
Final result
7 May – 30 JunFinal result: Mon 7 May, 00:00 → Sat 30 Jun, 23:59, precedent.
announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimatePanama time. Polls close in 948 days.
Stage windows and their sources 2 stages, each cited
  1. Election-night count
    →
    precedent
    Código Electoral art. 416: polls open at 07:00 and close at 16:00 ('se cerrará a las cuatro de la tarde'), voters in line at that hour still vote. Panama is UTC-5 all year (no DST), so 16:00 local is 21:00 UTC. 2024 precedent: the TE's TER showed its first results at about 16:30 local, 30 minutes after the close, and most tables were transmitted within four hours (EU Election Expert Mission final report, 2024). The end of the window, end of 7 May local, is our estimate. The TER is an unofficial count ('extraoficial'); the official result is the scrutiny boards' proclamation, not an update of the TER page.
  2. Final result
    →
    precedent
    The Junta Nacional de Escrutinio allocates the 20 PARLACEN seats and proclaims them 'tan pronto concluya el escrutinio y la proclamación del presidente' (Código Electoral art. 516), proportionally to the presidential vote of the parties that survive and the independent candidates with at least 2% (art. 515). It waits for the TE's certification of which parties survived. 2024 precedent: the TE's Acuerdo 26-2 of 24 May 2024 reached the JNE on 8 Jun and the JNE proclaimed the 20 deputies on 10 Jun 2024, day 36 (JNE, 10 Jun 2024). 2019 precedent: 5 Jun 2019, day 31 (La Estrella de Panamá, 6 Jun 2019). To err late the window closes at the end of 30 Jun 2029 local, day 55, the day before the new national terms begin. Tentative: derived from the law, not yet convened by the Tribunal Electoral. Código Electoral art. 334: the elections for president and vice president, deputies, deputies to the Central American Parliament, mayors, councillors and corregimiento representatives 'tendrán lugar el primer domingo de mayo del año en que deban celebrarse. Si el primer domingo de dicho mes fuese el primer día del mes, las elecciones se efectuarán el domingo siguiente.' Constitution arts. 177 and 148: president, vice president and deputies are elected for five years on the same day; the 2024 election was held 5 May 2024 and the term runs to 30 June 2029 (art. 181: inauguration on 1 July following the election). 1 May 2029 is a Tuesday, so the first Sunday of May 2029 is 6 May 2029. Panama has no early-election mechanism for the president or the Assembly. Pending changes: on 28 Sep 2026 the Assembly plenary received bill 699 reforming the Código Electoral 'para las elecciones generales de 2029' (La Prensa, 28 Sep 2026); the press coverage we read names no change to the polling day or hours. Law project 700 on the 2029 circuits, passed in third debate, 'mantiene fijo el número total de 71 diputados' (Panamá América, 24 Sep 2026). In Jul 2026 the president announced he would promote a constituent assembly in 2027, with no mechanism or date given (Telemetro, 24 Jul 2026); none is legally called.
Results sources 7 pages, 1 can answer a results question
URLRoleKindCan answer a results questionLast check
resultados.te.gob.pa/resultadosresults-liveresults indexno (results section without an election code)not checked yet
tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/resultados-elecciones-generales-2024/see-alsorace resultsyesnot checked yet
jnepanama.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/TEXTO-UNICO-DAL-Version-4-con-indice-al-24-3-23.pdftimetableotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
sinaproc.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/constitucion-politica-de-la-republica-de-panama.pdfsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
eods.eu/library/EU%20EEM%20PAN%202024%20FR%20ES.pdfobserver-reportotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Panamanian_general_electionsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
tribunal-electoral.gob.paauthority-homeemb homeno (site root: cannot answer a results question)not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-10-02: Código Electoral texto único (TE legal-office version, Mar 2023, via the 2024 JNE site); Constitución Política (National Assembly edition); 2024 Junta Nacional de Escrutinio press releases; EU Election Expert Mission final report 2024; La Prensa, Panamá América, Telemetro and TVN on the TER, bills 699/700 and 2019 dates (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-10-02.

Questions and answers

When is the Panama general election 2029?
Polling day is 2029-05-06, not yet officially confirmed.
When will the final result of the President and Vice President race be official?
Expected between 2029-05-07T05:00:00Z and 2029-05-17T04:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The Junta Nacional de Escrutinio, appointed by the TE, makes the general scrutiny of the 39 circuit acts plus the overseas/advance-vote act and proclaims the ticket with the most votes, single round (Código Electoral arts. 445-447); proclamation within 24 hours of the end of the scrutiny (art. 446). 2024 precedent: the JNE finished the scrutiny and proclaimed the president on 9 May 2024, day 4 (JNE press releases of 9 and 10 May 2024, and of 10 Jun 2024: 'proclamó oficialmente el pasado 9 de mayo al presidente'; EU EEM report). 2019 precedent: proclamation on 10 May 2019, day 5 (TVN, 10 May 2019). To err late the window closes at the end of 16 May 2029 local, day 10. A nullity petition can be filed up to three working days after the proclamation is published in the Boletín del Tribunal Electoral (art. 469; bond B/.50,000 for president, art. 471); it does not stop the proclamation (art. 446). Tentative: derived from the law, not yet convened by the Tribunal Electoral. Código Electoral art. 334: the elections for president and vice president, deputies, deputies to the Central American Parliament, mayors, councillors and corregimiento representatives 'tendrán lugar el primer domingo de mayo del año en que deban celebrarse. Si el primer domingo de dicho mes fuese el primer día del mes, las elecciones se efectuarán el domingo siguiente.' Constitution arts. 177 and 148: president, vice president and deputies are elected for five years on the same day; the 2024 election was held 5 May 2024 and the term runs to 30 June 2029 (art. 181: inauguration on 1 July following the election). 1 May 2029 is a Tuesday, so the first Sunday of May 2029 is 6 May 2029. Panama has no early-election mechanism for the president or the Assembly. Pending changes: on 28 Sep 2026 the Assembly plenary received bill 699 reforming the Código Electoral 'para las elecciones generales de 2029' (La Prensa, 28 Sep 2026); the press coverage we read names no change to the polling day or hours. Law project 700 on the 2029 circuits, passed in third debate, 'mantiene fijo el número total de 71 diputados' (Panamá América, 24 Sep 2026). In Jul 2026 the president announced he would promote a constituent assembly in 2027, with no mechanism or date given (Telemetro, 24 Jul 2026); none is legally called.
When will the final result of the National Assembly race be official?
Expected between 2029-05-07T05:00:00Z and 2029-06-01T04:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Each circuit scrutiny board proclaims its deputies: plurality in single-member circuits, quotient, half-quotient and residue in multi-member circuits (Código Electoral arts. 449-453), within 24 hours of the end of its scrutiny (art. 446). There is no single national proclamation. 2024 precedent: most circuits proclaimed in the days after 5 May; arithmetic errors delayed the proclamations in Bocas del Toro, San Miguelito and Coclé by up to four days; the TE began publishing the proclamations in its Boletín on 20 May 2024, gradually (EU Election Expert Mission final report, 2024). Nullity petitions run until three working days after a proclamation's Boletín publication (art. 469); by 29 May 2024 the TE had received 35, 22 of them on deputies (EU EEM). A challenged deputy gets no credential until the TE resolves, and an annulment can order new voting at the affected tables (art. 468), so a few seats can stay open past this window. To err late the window closes at the end of 31 May 2029 local, day 25. Tentative: derived from the law, not yet convened by the Tribunal Electoral. Código Electoral art. 334: the elections for president and vice president, deputies, deputies to the Central American Parliament, mayors, councillors and corregimiento representatives 'tendrán lugar el primer domingo de mayo del año en que deban celebrarse. Si el primer domingo de dicho mes fuese el primer día del mes, las elecciones se efectuarán el domingo siguiente.' Constitution arts. 177 and 148: president, vice president and deputies are elected for five years on the same day; the 2024 election was held 5 May 2024 and the term runs to 30 June 2029 (art. 181: inauguration on 1 July following the election). 1 May 2029 is a Tuesday, so the first Sunday of May 2029 is 6 May 2029. Panama has no early-election mechanism for the president or the Assembly. Pending changes: on 28 Sep 2026 the Assembly plenary received bill 699 reforming the Código Electoral 'para las elecciones generales de 2029' (La Prensa, 28 Sep 2026); the press coverage we read names no change to the polling day or hours. Law project 700 on the 2029 circuits, passed in third debate, 'mantiene fijo el número total de 71 diputados' (Panamá América, 24 Sep 2026). In Jul 2026 the president announced he would promote a constituent assembly in 2027, with no mechanism or date given (Telemetro, 24 Jul 2026); none is legally called.
When will the final result of the Central American Parliament (Panamanian deputies) race be official?
Expected between 2029-05-07T05:00:00Z and 2029-07-01T04:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The Junta Nacional de Escrutinio allocates the 20 PARLACEN seats and proclaims them 'tan pronto concluya el escrutinio y la proclamación del presidente' (Código Electoral art. 516), proportionally to the presidential vote of the parties that survive and the independent candidates with at least 2% (art. 515). It waits for the TE's certification of which parties survived. 2024 precedent: the TE's Acuerdo 26-2 of 24 May 2024 reached the JNE on 8 Jun and the JNE proclaimed the 20 deputies on 10 Jun 2024, day 36 (JNE, 10 Jun 2024). 2019 precedent: 5 Jun 2019, day 31 (La Estrella de Panamá, 6 Jun 2019). To err late the window closes at the end of 30 Jun 2029 local, day 55, the day before the new national terms begin. Tentative: derived from the law, not yet convened by the Tribunal Electoral. Código Electoral art. 334: the elections for president and vice president, deputies, deputies to the Central American Parliament, mayors, councillors and corregimiento representatives 'tendrán lugar el primer domingo de mayo del año en que deban celebrarse. Si el primer domingo de dicho mes fuese el primer día del mes, las elecciones se efectuarán el domingo siguiente.' Constitution arts. 177 and 148: president, vice president and deputies are elected for five years on the same day; the 2024 election was held 5 May 2024 and the term runs to 30 June 2029 (art. 181: inauguration on 1 July following the election). 1 May 2029 is a Tuesday, so the first Sunday of May 2029 is 6 May 2029. Panama has no early-election mechanism for the president or the Assembly. Pending changes: on 28 Sep 2026 the Assembly plenary received bill 699 reforming the Código Electoral 'para las elecciones generales de 2029' (La Prensa, 28 Sep 2026); the press coverage we read names no change to the polling day or hours. Law project 700 on the 2029 circuits, passed in third debate, 'mantiene fijo el número total de 71 diputados' (Panamá América, 24 Sep 2026). In Jul 2026 the president announced he would promote a constituent assembly in 2027, with no mechanism or date given (Telemetro, 24 Jul 2026); none is legally called.
Where are the official President and Vice President results?
https://www.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/resultados-elecciones-generales-2024/
Where are the official National Assembly results?
https://www.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/resultados-elecciones-generales-2024/
Where are the official Central American Parliament (Panamanian deputies) results?
https://www.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/resultados-elecciones-generales-2024/