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((distinguish|text=[[Mexico]]'s [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]] or other political parties with the acronym [[PRD (disambiguation)|PRD]]))
((more citations needed|date=September 2013))
((Infobox political party
| native_name      = Partido Revolucionario Democrático
| name             = Democratic Revolutionary Party
| colorcode        = ((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))
| logo             = PRD panama Party.png
| logo_size        = 200px
| president        = [[Benicio Robinson]]
| secretary_general = [[Carlos Pérez Herrera]]
| foundation       = ((start date and age|1979|3|11|df=y))
| founder          = [[Omar Torrijos Herrera|Omar Torrijos]]
| ideology         = [[Social democracy]]<ref>((Citation |first=Orlando J. |last=Pérez |title=The Past as Prologue?: Political Parties in Post-Invasion Panama |work=Post-invasion Panama: The Challenges of Democratization in the New World Order |publisher=Lexington Books |year=2000 |page=129))</ref><br />
[[Populism]]<ref>((Citation |first=Catherine |last=Delamarre-Sallard |title=Manuel de civilisation espagnole et latino-américaine |edition=3rd |publisher=Bréal |year=2008 |page=196))</ref><ref>((Citation |first=Peter |last=Stalker |title=Panama |work=Oxford Guide to Countries of the World |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2010 |page=248))</ref>
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
| membership       = 730,796<ref>https://www.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/inscritos-en-partidos-politicos-hasta-el-23-de-marzo-de-2023/</ref>
| membership_year  = 2023
| colours          = [[Blue]], [[red]], [[white]]
| headquarters     = Azteca Building, Mexico Avenue, [[Panama City]], [[Panama]]
| international    = [[Socialist International]]
| continental      = [[São Paulo Forum]]<br>[[COPPPAL]]
| regional         = [[Center-Democratic Integration Group]] and [[Parliamentary Group of the Left]]<ref>parlacen.int/grupos-parlamentarios</ref>
| seats1_title     = Seats in the [[National Assembly (Panama)|National Assembly]]
| seats1           = ((Composition bar|35|71|hex=((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
| seats2_title     = District Mayors
| seats2           = ((Composition bar|38|81|((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
| seats3_title     = Corregimiento Representatives
| seats3           = ((Composition bar|316|702|((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
| seats4_title     = Seats in the [[Central American Parliament]] (Panamanian seats)
| seats4           = ((Composition bar|7|20|((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
| website          = [https://www.prdespanama.com/ prdespanama.com]
| flag             = 
| country          = Panama
))
The '''Democratic Revolutionary Party''' (((lang-es|Partido Revolucionario Democrático)), '''PRD''') is a [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]]<ref>((Cite news |date=2019-05-04 |title=Who are the frontrunners in Panama's election? |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48134351 |access-date=2023-11-28))</ref><ref>((Cite web |last=cc-admin-backend |date=2019-05-14 |title=Cortizo wins Panama’s presidential election |url=https://www.caribbean-council.org/our_members/baker-mckenzie/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=The Caribbean Council |language=en-GB))</ref><ref>((Cite web |title=The Economist Intelligence Unit |url=https://country.eiu.com/Default.aspx?country=Panama |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=country.eiu.com))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=2020-05-13 |title=Presidential and parliamentary elections in Panama |url=https://www.kas.de/en/web/panama/country-reports/detail/-/content/elecciones-presidenciales-y-parlamentarias-en-panama-aleman |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Foundation Office Panama |language=en-US))</ref> [[political party]] in [[Panama]] founded in 1979 by General [[Omar Torrijos]]. It holds the presidency since 2019 under [[Laurentino Cortizo]].

==History==
Since its creation, the party had strong ties with the military regime that ruled Panama since the [[1968 Panamanian coup d'état|military coup of 1968]]. Most of its members identified with Torrijos's social policy and the legacy of the [[Torrijos–Carter Treaties|Canal Treaties]] signed a few years before his death. Domestic and international political pressure orchestrated by Torrijos against the United States was viewed as nationalist. Despite his aggressive methods, Torrijos is recognized as one of the most popular leaders Panama has ever had.

With the signing of the Canal Treaties, Torrijos committed to restoring at least nominal civilian rule to Panama. To do so, he created the PRD as his political vehicle, and filed to run for president in the 1984 elections against the man he'd overthrown in 1968, [[Arnulfo Arias]].

With Torrijos's death, the military regime ruling the country fell into a crisis of power. After his unclear death, two generals resigned before [[Manuel Noriega]] took power. The political scenario changed drastically, and Noriega began to persecute politicians who opposed him, ruling the country by fear and terror.

The situation in the country deteriorated under Noriega's rule.  The 1985 assassination of dissident [[Hugo Spadafora]] generated the beginning of the political turmoil that ended in 1989 with the [[US invasion of Panama]].

The PRD was manipulated by Noriega. There were many secretaries of the party, the most famous being Ramito Vasquez Chambonet at the beginning and Darinel Espino the end. Noriega also named presidents, ministries, legislators, and other government positions loyal to him. This created a deep crisis inside the party, which did not have inner democracy until the reforms after the US invasion.

Since democracy was restored in 1990, PRD politicians have restructured the party by increasing member participation and, for the first time, holding primaries to elect representatives for government positions. It was the first party in Panama that underwent such restructuring and was viewed as the most organized and biggest political party in the country. The restructuring was led by Ernesto Perez Balladares, Francisco Sanchez, Mitchell Does, Tomas G. Duque, and Gerardo Gonzalez. In 1991 part of this staff met Arias Calderon, then vice president of Panama, to make clear their interest in forming a political opposition and not a military.

The 1993 PRD presidential nomination election was between Ernesto Perez Balladares and Alfredo Oranges, who won 66% and 33% of the vote respectively. Perez Balladares won the presidential elections against [[Mireya Moscoso]] and a PRD-majority legislature in 1994.

The PRD lost the 1999 elections. Differences between Perez Balladares and presidential candidate Martín Torrijos, who also beat Oranges in the inner presidential race, made an unclear political offer for this election that ended with Mireya Moscoso's being elected president and the PRD's controlling the assembly.

Once the elections finished, the committee led by Perez Balladares resigned, and Martín Torrijos was elected secretary. This period under Martin Torrijos' leadership was managed by "youngers" who improved well. The political mistakes by Moscoso's government opened a path for Torrijos, who easily won the presidential race in 2004.

In the [[2004 Panamanian general election|2004 general election]], [[Martín Torrijos]] won the presidency with 47.4% of the vote, running as the candidate for the Patria Nueva ("New Fatherland") electoral alliance between the PRD and the smaller [[People's Party (Panama)|People's Party]] (PP). In the same election, the party won 37.8% of the popular vote and 41 out of 78 seats in the [[National Assembly of Panama]].

The 2008 primaries were won by Balbina Herrera (Party President Member) against Juan Carlos Navarro. The differences between Herrera and Navarro were so deep that they ended with a non-unified party, once again leading the PRD to lose the presidential race led by Balbina Herrera in 2009.

The committee resigned in October 2009, and a new committee was elected on October 18. The elections ended with the election of President Francisco Sanchez Cardenas and Secretary Mitchell Does.

===Navarro and the new PRD===
Starting in late 2012 the PRD began the democratic process of renovating all of their internal political structures, from delegates to executive committee members.

In a fiery and passionate speech in March 2012, [[Juan Carlos Navarro (politician)|Juan Carlos Navarro]] called for all members to join him and his Ola Azul movement in forming a new PRD to ensure the party's victory in the 2014 elections. In August 2012, the 4,200 delegates of the National Congress convened to elect a new executive committee; the result was a decisive victory by Navarro and the Ola Azul movement, which won all 10 seats of the executive committee, with Navarro elected secretary-general. This was the first time in the party's history that one candidate was able to win all seats of the executive committee.

Primaries were held in March 2013, with 17 candidates taking part in the process. Juan Carlos Navarro won 95% of the vote and was elected as the party's presidential candidate for the 2014 general election.

The 2014 general election saw former vice-president and [[Panameñista Party]] candidate [[Juan Carlos Varela]] elected President with 39% of the vote. Juan Carlos Navarro and the PRD came a distant third in the general election, this is considered the worst election result in the history of the party. As a result of this, Navarro resigned his post as secretary-general, quickly followed by 4 other members.

A new election was held in order to fill the five vacant spots in the Executive Committee and San Francisco Councilman Carlos Perez Herrera was elected as secretary general. It won the 2019 election with its fielded candidate [[Laurentino Cortizo]] becoming president in a close race.<ref>((Cite news |date=2019-05-06 |title=Panama election: Cortizo wins unexpectedly close race |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48174497 |access-date=2023-11-28))</ref>

==Election results==

=== Presidential elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Candidate
! colspan="2" |Votes
! colspan="2" |Vote %
! rowspan="2" |Result
|-
!Party
!Alliance Total
!Party
!Alliance Total
|-
|[[1984 Panamanian general election|1984]]
|[[Nicolás Ardito Barletta]]
|175,722
|300,748
|27.45
|46.98
|((yes|Won))
|-
|[[1989 Panamanian general election|1989]]
|[[Carlos Alberto Duque Jaén]]
|120,564
|184,900
|18.52
|28.40
|((no|Lost))
|-
|[[1994 Panamanian general election|1994]]
|[[Ernesto Pérez Balladares]]
|326,095
|355,307
|30.57
|33.30
|((yes|Won))
|-
|[[1999 Panamanian general election|1999]]
|[[Martin Torrijos]]
|402,418
|481,988
|31.57
|37.82
|((no|Lost))
|-
|[[2004 Panamanian general election|2004]]
|[[Martin Torrijos]]
|649,157
|711,164
|43.29
|47.44
|((yes|Won))
|-
|[[2009 Panamanian general election|2009]]
|[[Balbina Herrera]]
|553,974
|584.931
|34.92
|37.54
|((no|Lost))
|-
|[[2014 Panamanian general election|2014]]
|[[Juan Carlos Navarro (politician)|Juan Carlos Navarro]]
| colspan="2" |521,842
| colspan="2" |31.38
|((no|Lost))
|-
|[[2019 Panamanian general election|2019]]
|[[Laurentino Cortizo]]
|609,638
| 655,302
| 31.03
|33.35
|((yes|Won))
|}

=== Legislative elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Alliance
!Votes
!Vote %
!Seats
|-
|[[1980 Panamanian parliamentary election|1980]]
|none
|–
|40.4%
|((Composition bar|11|57|((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
|-
|[[1984 Panamanian general election|1984]]
|National Democratic Union
|153,182
|25.14
|((Composition bar|34|67|((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
|-
|[[1989 Panamanian general election|1989]]
|National Liberal Coalition
|114,741
|18.83
|((Composition bar|10|67|((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
|-
|[[1994 Panamanian general election|1994]]
|United People Alliance
|236,319
|22.86
|((Composition bar|30|72|((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
|-
|[[1999 Panamanian general election|1999]]
|New Nation Alliance
|393,356
|31.99
|((Composition bar|34|71|((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
|-
|[[2004 Panamanian general election|2004]]
|New Fatherland
|549,948
|37.85
|((Composition bar|41|78|((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
|-
|[[2009 Panamanian general election|2009]]
|Alliance for Change
|352,319
|23.42
|((Composition bar|14|71|((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
|-
|[[2014 Panamanian general election|2014]]
|none
|535,747
|31.49
|((Composition bar|25|71|((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
|-
|[[2019 Panamanian general election|2019]]
|Joining Forces
|655,428
|33.35
|((Composition bar|35|71|((party color|Democratic Revolutionary Party))))
|}

==References==
((Reflist))
((Panamanian political parties))
((Authority control))
[[Category:Full member parties of the Socialist International]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1979]]
[[Category:Political parties in Panama]]
[[Category:São Paulo Forum]]
[[Category:Social democratic parties in North America]]

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