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<th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>60.03%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">37.65% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elecciones_Panam%C3%A1_Resultados_2009.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Elecciones_Panam%C3%A1_Resultados_2009.png/300px-Elecciones_Panam%C3%A1_Resultados_2009.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Elecciones_Panam%C3%A1_Resultados_2009.png/450px-Elecciones_Panam%C3%A1_Resultados_2009.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Elecciones_Panam%C3%A1_Resultados_2009.png/600px-Elecciones_Panam%C3%A1_Resultados_2009.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="534" /></a></span><div>Provinces won by Martinelli in aqua, by Herrera in blue.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_Panama" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Panama">President</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Torrijos" title="Martín Torrijos">Martín Torrijos</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Revolutionary_Party" title="Democratic Revolutionary Party">PRD</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected <a href="/wiki/President_of_Panama" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Panama">President</a></b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Martinelli" title="Ricardo Martinelli">Ricardo Martinelli</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Change_(Panama)" title="Democratic Change (Panama)">CD</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> 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candidate for <a href="/wiki/President_of_Panama" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Panama">President of Panama</a>. She had previously served as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Panama" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the National Assembly of Panama">President of the National Assembly</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Mireya_Moscoso" title="Mireya Moscoso">Mireya Moscoso</a> presidency,<sup id="cite_ref-AP51_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP51-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Housing Minister under outgoing president <a href="/wiki/Martin_Torrijos" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Torrijos">Martin Torrijos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USAT_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Herrera won her party's primary on September 7, 2008, defeating <a href="/wiki/Panama_City" title="Panama City">Panama City</a> Mayor <a href="/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Navarro_(politician)" title="Juan Carlos Navarro (politician)">Juan Carlos Navarro</a> with a ten-point lead.<sup id="cite_ref-USAT_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Panama)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party (Panama)">Liberal Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Panama)" title="People's Party (Panama)">People's Party</a> were in alliance with the PRD in support of Herrera.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Herrera was also endorsed by <a href="/wiki/Ruben_Blades" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruben Blades">Ruben Blades</a>, a popular salsa musician who had previously run for president and served as Torrijos' Minister of Tourism,<sup id="cite_ref-E59_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-E59-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was initially considered the favorite for the presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If elected, she would have become Panama's second female president.<sup id="cite_ref-USAT_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Martinelli" title="Ricardo Martinelli">Ricardo Martinelli</a> was the candidate of the opposition <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Change_(Panama)" title="Democratic Change (Panama)">Democratic Change</a>, also supported by the <a href="/wiki/Patriotic_Union_Party_(Panama)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriotic Union Party (Panama)">Patriotic Union Party</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Paname%C3%B1ista_Party" title="Panameñista Party">Panameñista Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Republican_Liberal_Movement" title="Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement">Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement</a>. Martinelli was a successful businessman, and was the chairman of the board of Panama's <a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_99&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Super 99 (page does not exist)">Super 99</a> supermarket chain.<sup id="cite_ref-EFE_Bio_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EFE_Bio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the presidency of <a href="/wiki/Ernesto_P%C3%A9rez_Balladares" title="Ernesto Pérez Balladares">Ernesto Pérez Balladares</a>, Martinelli had served as Director of <a href="/wiki/Social_security" class="mw-redirect" title="Social security">Social Security</a> from 1994 to 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From September 1999 to January 2003, he had served in the Moscoso Administration as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> and as the Minister for Canal Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Guillermo_Endara" title="Guillermo Endara">Guillermo Endara</a>, former Panamanian president from 1989 to 1994, ran as the candidate for the <a href="/wiki/Fatherland%27s_Moral_Vanguard_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatherland's Moral Vanguard Party">Fatherland's Moral Vanguard Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CSM_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though initially the favorite,<sup id="cite_ref-EB_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Herrera was damaged in the election by her links to former military ruler <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Noriega" title="Manuel Noriega">Manuel Noriega</a><sup id="cite_ref-E59_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-E59-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by the perception that she was a "Chavista", a supporter of leftist Venezuelan president <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Chavez" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugo Chavez">Hugo Chavez</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CSM_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Martinelli was also helped by strong support from the business community and his campaign promise of "real change" resonated among poor voters.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 3, 2009, Martinelli won the national elections by a landslide, with over 60% of the votes compared to Herrera, who received about 36%. Former president <a href="/wiki/Guillermo_Endara" title="Guillermo Endara">Guillermo Endara</a> finished a distant third.<sup id="cite_ref-CSM_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Martinelli was declared the winner after 43.68% of the votes had been counted.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This was the second-largest majority in Panamanian history, and the largest since <a href="/wiki/1989_Panamanian_general_election" title="1989 Panamanian general election">1989</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also the first time since 1989 that the winning candidate was not a member of the PRD or Panameñista Party. Martinelli's victory was an exception to a trend of victories for left-leaning Latin American candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-E59_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-E59-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was sworn in on July 1, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Panamanian_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="President">President</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Panamanian_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: President"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Candidate</th><th scope="col" colspan="3">Party or alliance</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="5" style="width:0px;background-color:#ED6C10"></td><td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Martinelli" title="Ricardo Martinelli">Ricardo Martinelli</a></td><td rowspan="5">Alliance for Change</td><td style="background-color:#2A889B"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Change_(Panama)" title="Democratic Change (Panama)">Democratic Change</a></td><td style="text-align:right">509,986</td><td style="text-align:right">32.15</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#660099"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Paname%C3%B1ista_Party" title="Panameñista Party">Panameñista Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">293,554</td><td style="text-align:right">18.50</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FFA500"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Patriotic_Union_(Panama)" title="Patriotic Union (Panama)">Patriotic Union</a></td><td style="text-align:right">53,952</td><td style="text-align:right">3.40</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FDD900"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Republican_Liberal_Movement" title="Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement">Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">94,841</td><td style="text-align:right">5.98</td></tr><tr style="font-style:italic"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right;font-style:italic">952,333</td><td style="text-align:right;font-style:italic">60.03</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4" style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Balbina_Herrera" title="Balbina Herrera">Balbina Herrera</a></td><td rowspan="4">One Country for All</td><td style="background-color:#003F87"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Revolutionary_Party" title="Democratic Revolutionary Party">Democratic Revolutionary Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">553,974</td><td style="text-align:right">34.92</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#7AC043"></td><td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Panama)" title="People's Party (Panama)">People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">35,459</td><td style="text-align:right">2.24</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Panama)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party (Panama)">Liberal Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7,794</td><td style="text-align:right">0.49</td></tr><tr style="font-style:italic"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right;font-style:italic">597,227</td><td style="text-align:right;font-style:italic">37.65</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:yellow"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Guillermo_Endara" title="Guillermo Endara">Guillermo Endara</a></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Moral_Vanguard_of_the_Fatherland" title="Moral Vanguard of the Fatherland">Moral Vanguard of the Fatherland</a></td><td style="text-align:right">36,867</td><td style="text-align:right">2.32</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="5">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">1,586,427</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="7" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="5" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>1,586,427</td><td>96.94</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="5" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>50,081</td><td>3.06</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="5" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>1,636,508</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="5" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>2,211,261</td><td>74.01</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="7" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/eventos-electorales/elecciones-generales-1994-2019/elecciones-2009/resultados-electorales-2009/">Tribunal Electoral</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative_Assembly">Legislative Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Panamanian_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legislative Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="7" style="text-align:center;color:black;background:#F8F9FA"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Panamanian_Assembly_(By_Party)_2009.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Panamanian_Assembly_%28By_Party%29_2009.svg/360px-Panamanian_Assembly_%28By_Party%29_2009.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Panamanian_Assembly_%28By_Party%29_2009.svg/540px-Panamanian_Assembly_%28By_Party%29_2009.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Panamanian_Assembly_%28By_Party%29_2009.svg/720px-Panamanian_Assembly_%28By_Party%29_2009.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="4">Party or alliance</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">Seats</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="5" style="width:0px;background-color:#ED6C10"></td><td rowspan="5">Alliance for Change</td><td style="background-color:#2A889B"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Change_(Panama)" title="Democratic Change (Panama)">Democratic Change</a></td><td style="text-align:right">352,319</td><td style="text-align:right">23.42</td><td style="text-align:right">14</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#660099"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Paname%C3%B1ista_Party" title="Panameñista Party">Panameñista Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">334,282</td><td style="text-align:right">22.22</td><td style="text-align:right">22</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FFA500"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Patriotic_Union_(Panama)" title="Patriotic Union (Panama)">Patriotic Union</a></td><td style="text-align:right">85,609</td><td style="text-align:right">5.69</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FDD900"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Republican_Liberal_Movement" title="Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement">Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">70,457</td><td style="text-align:right">4.68</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr style="font-style:italic"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right;font-style:italic">842,667</td><td style="text-align:right;font-style:italic">56.02</td><td style="font-style:italic;text-align:right">42</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4" style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td rowspan="4">One Country for All</td><td style="background-color:#003F87"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Revolutionary_Party" title="Democratic Revolutionary Party">Democratic Revolutionary Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">537,426</td><td style="text-align:right">35.72</td><td style="text-align:right">26</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#7AC043"></td><td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Panama)" title="People's Party (Panama)">People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">55,598</td><td style="text-align:right">3.70</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Panama)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party (Panama)">Liberal Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">18,111</td><td style="text-align:right">1.20</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr style="font-style:italic"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right;font-style:italic">611,135</td><td style="text-align:right;font-style:italic">40.62</td><td style="font-style:italic;text-align:right">27</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:yellow"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Moral_Vanguard_of_the_Fatherland" title="Moral Vanguard of the Fatherland">Moral Vanguard of the Fatherland</a></td><td style="text-align:right">14,760</td><td style="text-align:right">0.98</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td colspan="3">Independents</td><td style="text-align:right">35,793</td><td style="text-align:right">2.38</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="4">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">1,504,355</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">71</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="7" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>1,504,355</td><td>93.79</td><td></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>99,582</td><td>6.21</td><td></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>1,603,937</td><td>100.00</td><td></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>2,211,261</td><td>72.53</td><td></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="7" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/eventos-electorales/elecciones-generales-1994-2019/elecciones-2009/resultados-electorales-2009/">Tribunal Electoral</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Panamanian_general_election" title="1928 Panamanian general election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Panamanian_general_election" title="1932 Panamanian general election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Panamanian_general_election" title="1936 Panamanian general election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Panamanian_general_election" title="1940 Panamanian general election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Panamanian_Constitutional_Assembly_election" title="1945 Panamanian Constitutional Assembly election">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Panamanian_general_election" title="1948 Panamanian general election">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Panamanian_general_election" title="1952 Panamanian general election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Panamanian_general_election" title="1956 Panamanian general election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Panamanian_general_election" title="1960 Panamanian 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Panamanian general election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Panamanian_general_election" title="2004 Panamanian general election">2004</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Panamanian_general_election" title="2014 Panamanian general election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Panamanian_general_election" title="2019 Panamanian general election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Panamanian_general_election" title="2024 Panamanian general election">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1906_Panamanian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1906 Panamanian local elections (page does not exist)">1906</a></li> <li>...</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_Panamanian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984 Panamanian local elections (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Panamanian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 Panamanian local elections (page does not exist)">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_Panamanian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 Panamanian local elections (page does not exist)">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Panamanian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Panamanian local elections (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Panamanian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Panamanian local elections (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Panamanian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 Panamanian local 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