1960 Panamanian general election

none General elections were held in Panama on 20 May 1960, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly. According to Jan Knippers Black and Edmundo Flores, "Ernesto de la Guardia's administration had been overwhelmed by the rioting and other problems, and the National Patriotic Coalition, lacking effective opposition in the National Assembly, began to disintegrate. Most dissenting factions joined the National Liberal Party in the National Opposition Union."Black, Jan Knippers and Edmundo Flores. "Historical setting." Meditz, Sandra W. 1989. Panama: a country study. Washington, D.C.: Rederal Research Division, Library of Congress. Pp. 37. The 1960 election was without precedent in Panama. For once the usual charges of illegal intervention by the National Guard were absent, and the opposition Liberal coalition candidate, Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón, was declared the winner and installed in office in an unexpectedly peaceful transfer of power. Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems. Panama: election factbook, May 12, 1968. Washington: Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems. 1968. Pp. 10. Results President Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón National Opposition Union 5 National Liberal Party 42394 Republican Party 26073 Third Nationalist Party 16068 National Liberation Movement 15507 100042 Ricardo Arias National Patriotic Coalition 85981 Víctor Florencio Goytía Popular Alliance 5 Liberal Civic Resistance Party 29031 National Progressive Party 9785 DIPAL Party 8635 Renewal Party 8004 55455 16561 435454 NohlenElections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.532. National Assembly National Opposition Union 5 National Liberal Party 8 Republican Party 9 Third Nationalist Party 7 National Liberation Movement 4 y 28 National Patriotic Coalition 18 Popular Alliance 5 Liberal Civic Resistance Party 3 National Progressive Party 2 DIPAL Party 1 Renewal Party 1 y 7 NohlenElections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.529. References Panama General Category:Elections in Panama Category:Presidential elections in Panama Panamanian general election