# 1960 Panamanian general election

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."
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.

## Results
### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Votes | % |
| | Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón | National Opposition Union | | National Liberal Party | 42,394 | 17.56 |
| | Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón | National Opposition Union | | Republican Party | 26,073 | 10.80 |
| | Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón | National Opposition Union | | Third Nationalist Party | 16,068 | 6.65 |
| | Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón | National Opposition Union | | National Liberation Movement | 15,507 | 6.42 |
| | Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón | National Opposition Union | Total | Total | 100,042 | 41.43 |
| | Ricardo Arias | National Patriotic Coalition | National Patriotic Coalition | National Patriotic Coalition | 85,981 | 35.61 |
| | Víctor Florencio Goytía | Popular Alliance | | Liberal Civic Resistance Party | 29,031 | 12.02 |
| | Víctor Florencio Goytía | Popular Alliance | | National Progressive Party | 9,785 | 4.05 |
| | Víctor Florencio Goytía | Popular Alliance | | DIPAL Party | 8,635 | 3.58 |
| | Víctor Florencio Goytía | Popular Alliance | | Renewal Party | 8,004 | 3.31 |
| | Víctor Florencio Goytía | Popular Alliance | Total | Total | 55,455 | 22.96 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 241,478 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 241,478 | 93.58 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 16,561 | 6.42 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 258,039 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 435,454 | 59.26 |
| Source: Nohlen |||||||

### National Assembly

| Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Party or alliance | Seats |
| | National Opposition Union | | National Liberal Party | 8 |
| | National Opposition Union | | Republican Party | 9 |
| | National Opposition Union | | Third Nationalist Party | 7 |
| | National Opposition Union | | National Liberation Movement | 4 |
| | National Opposition Union | Total | Total | 28 |
| | National Patriotic Coalition | National Patriotic Coalition | National Patriotic Coalition | 18 |
| | Popular Alliance | | Liberal Civic Resistance Party | 3 |
| | Popular Alliance | | National Progressive Party | 2 |
| | Popular Alliance | | DIPAL Party | 1 |
| | Popular Alliance | | Renewal Party | 1 |
| | Popular Alliance | Total | Total | 7 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 |
| Source: Nohlen |||||