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Flag of Panama
  • Panama
  • Referendum
  • Date: October 22, 2006

Results *

Approval for the construction of a third set of locks in the Panama Canal to increase the canal's capacity and to allow large tonnage ships to cross the canal, as well as to accommodate increase in traffic from all types of ships.

Registered Voters: 2,132,842 (August 2006)
Votes Cast: 924,029 [43.32% of registered voters]
Valid Votes: 906,391 [98.09% of votes cast]
Invalid Votes: 7,672 [0.83% of votes cast]

Type of Vote Valid Votes % [of Valid Votes]
'Yes' Votes 705,144 77.80%
'No' Votes 201,247 22.20%

* Blank Votes: 9,966 [1.08% of cast votes]

Last Updated on 07/18/2006

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