1964 Panamanian general election
Parties and alliances Votes/districts % Seats
National Opposition Union ( UNO ) ? ? ? ? 18
National Liberal Party ( PLN ) ? ? ? ? 08
Republican Party ( PR ) ? ? ? ? 04
National Liberation Movement ( MLN ) ? ? ? ? 02
Labor and Agrarian Party ( PALA ) ? ? ? ? 01
Democratic Action Party ( PAD ) ? ? ? ? 01
Progressive National Party ( PPN ) ? ? ? ? 02
Nationalist Party ( PN ) ? ? ? ? 00
Revolutionary Isthmian Party ( PIR ) ? ? ? ? 00
Panameñista Party ( PP ) ? ? ? ? 12
National Opposition Alliance ( ANO ) ? ? ? ? 08
National Patriotic Coalition ( CPN ) ? ? ? ? 03
Third Nationalist Party ( TPN ) ? ? ? ? 04
Liberal Civic Resistance Party ( PRCL ) ? ? ? ? 00
Renewal Party ( PREN ) ? ? ? ? 01
DIPAL Party ( PD ) ? ? ? ? 00
National Civic Party ( PCN ) ? ? ? ? 00
Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) ? ? ? ? 01
Socialist Party ( PS ) ? ? ? ? 01
Radical Action Party ( PAR ) ? ? ? ? 01
Legislative election [ 4 ]
The Panama held a general election on 10 May 1964, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly. 7 candidates competed in the 1964 presidential elections, although only three were serious contenders. Marco Aurelio Robles, who had served as minister of the presidency in Roberto F. Chiari's cabinet, was the candidate of the National Opposition Union, comprising the PLN and 7 smaller parties. After lengthy backstage maneuvers, Robles was endorsed by the outgoing president. Juan de Arco Galindo, a former member of the National Assembly and public works minister and brother-in-law of former President Ernesto de la Guardia, was the candidate of the National Opposition Union coalition, comprising 6 parties headed by the CPN. Arnulfo Arias was supported by the PP, already the largest single party in the country. PLN retained the presidency in 1964 when Robles won 134,627 votes compared with 123,186 for Arias, now candidate of the Panamanian Party. Arias maintained that the elections had been rigged and demanded a recount, but the National Elections Board upheld the result.