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Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
has a
multi-party system In political science, a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in ...
. Although there are three major
political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
, no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form
coalition government A coalition government is a form of government in which political parties cooperate to form a government. The usual reason for such an arrangement is that no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election, an atypical outcome in ...
s. Parties with less than 30,000 members are not recognized by the Tribunal Electoral, and as a result, they are not able to participate in Panama's general elections.


The parties


Parliamentary parties

The following are parliamentary parties.


Other Parties

* People's Party * Civic Renewal Party * Communist Party of Panama *
Moral Vanguard of the Fatherland ''Vanguardia Moral de la Patria'' ('Moral Vanguard of the Fatherland') was a Panamanian political party led by Guillermo Endara Guillermo David Endara Galimany (May 12, 1936 – September 28, 2009) was a Panamanian politician who served as ...
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People's Party of Panama People's Party of Panama ( es, Partido del Pueblo de Panamá, PPP) was a communist party in Panama. It was founded on 4 April 1930 as the Communist Party of Panama (''Partido Comunista de Panamá'', PCP), after Panamanian communists broke away fr ...
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MLN-29 The November 29 National Liberation Movement (in Spanish: ''Movimiento de Liberación Nacional 29 de noviembre'') (MLN-29) is a Marxist-Leninist party in Panama that was founded in 1970. The date in its name refers to the death of Panamanian co ...
* Socialist Workers Front *
Workers Party (Marxist–Leninist) Workers Party (Marxist–Leninist) (in Spanish: ''Partido Obrero (Marxista-Leninista)'') was a Trotskyist political party in Panama. PO(M-L) was founded in 1934 by Diógenes de la Rosa. For a brief period PO(M-L) was able to compete with the Co ...
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Broad Front for Democracy The Broad Front for Democracy ( es, link=no, Frente Amplio por la Democracia) was a Panamanian political party originally founded in 2013. At the 2014 Panamanian general election, the candidate's party was Genaro López for the Presidency A pre ...
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Independent Social Alternative Party The Independent Social Alternative Party ( es, Partido Alternativa Independiente Social; PAIS) is a conservative and evangelical political party in Panama. It was officially recognized as a party on September 16, 2021, and is chaired by the lawyer ...
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Realizing Goals Realizing Goals (RM; es, Realizando Metas) is a political party in Panama. It was recognized by the Electoral Tribunal of Panama on March 24, 2021. The party is led by the former president of Panama This article lists the heads of state of ...


See also

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Politics of Panama The politics of Panama take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic with multi-party system, whereby the President of Panama is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the ...
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Liberalism in Panama This article gives an overview of liberalism in Panama. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme. For inclu ...


References

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Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
Political parties in Panama This article lists political parties in Panama. Panama has a multi-party system. Although there are three major political parties, no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition g ...
Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
Political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...