1989 Panamanian general election

1989 Panamanian general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Guillermo Endara Carlos Duque Party Independent PRD Running mate Ricardo Arias Calderón Ernesto Pérez Balladares Popular vote 473,838 188,914 Percentage 71.19% 28.38%

President before election Francisco Rodríguez PRD Elected President Election results annulled Provisional government established

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General elections were held in Panama on 7 May 1989, with the goal of electing both a new President of the Republic and a new Legislative Assembly. The two primary candidates in the presidential race were Guillermo Endara, who headed Democratic Alliance of Civic Opposition (ADOC), a coalition opposed to military ruler Manuel Noriega, and Carlos Duque, who headed the pro-Noriega Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD).

However, the election was annulled before voting was completed by Noriega's government, and Endara and his running mate Guillermo Ford were attacked in front of foreign media by Noriega supporters, events that contributed to the US invasion of Panama in December of that year. During the invasion, Endara was declared the election's winner and sworn in as the new president of Panama.