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Mali elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 160 members, elected for a five-year term, 147 members elected in single-seat constituencies and 13 members elected by Malians living abroad.
Mali has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
On 12 November 2015, the National Assembly voted in favour of a gender parity law requiring at least thirty percent of elected or appointed officials to be women.[1] The law was ratified the following month as Law 2015-052 of 18 December 2015.[2]
Main article: 2018 Malian presidential election |
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta | Rally for Mali | 1,331,132 | 41.70 | 1,791,926 | 67.16 | |
Soumaïla Cissé | Union for the Republic and Democracy | 567,679 | 17.78 | 876,124 | 32.84 | |
Aliou Boubacar Diallo | Democratic Alliance for Peace | 256,404 | 8.03 | |||
Cheick Modibo Diarra | CMD | 236,025 | 7.39 | |||
Housseini Amion Guindo | Convergence for the Development of Mali | 124,506 | 3.90 | |||
Oumar Mariko | African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence | 74,300 | 2.33 | |||
Modibo Kone | Mali Kanu Movement | 72,941 | 2.29 | |||
Choguel Kokalla Maïga | Patriotic Movement for Renewal | 68,970 | 2.16 | |||
Harouna Sankare | Harouna Movement | 57,406 | 1.80 | |||
Mamadou Sidibé | Party for the Restoration of Malian Values | 54,274 | 1.70 | |||
Modibo Sidibé | Alternative Forces for Renewal and Emergence | 45,453 | 1.42 | |||
Kalfa Sanogo | Alliance for Democracy in Mali (unofficial) | 38,892 | 1.22 | |||
Mamadou Igor Diarra | 36,124 | 1.13 | ||||
Modibo Kadjoke | Alliance for Mali | 30,479 | 0.95 | |||
lMoussa Sinko Coulibaly | Independent | 30,232 | 0.95 | |||
Adama Kane | Independent | 26,084 | 0.82 | |||
Daba Diawara | Party for Independence, Democracy and Solidarity | 22,991 | 0.72 | |||
Mountaga Tall | National Congress for Democratic Initiative | 20,312 | 0.64 | |||
Dramane Dembélé | Alliance for Democracy in Mali | 18,737 | 0.59 | |||
Mohamed Aly Bathily | Association for Mali | 17,712 | 0.55 | |||
Hamadoun Touré | Independent | 17,087 | 0.54 | |||
Yeah Samake | Party for Civic and Patriotic Action | 16,632 | 0.52 | |||
Mamadou Traore | MIRIA | 15,502 | 0.49 | |||
Madame Djeneba N'diaye | Independent | 12,275 | 0.38 | |||
Total | 3,192,149 | 100.00 | 2,668,050 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 3,192,149 | 93.44 | 2,668,050 | 96.89 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 224,069 | 6.56 | 85,648 | 3.11 | ||
Total votes | 3,416,218 | 100.00 | 2,753,698 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,000,462 | 42.70 | 8,000,462 | 34.42 | ||
Source: Constitutional Court |
Main article: 2020 Malian parliamentary election |
Parties formed different alliances in different constituencies, making it impossible to determine a national set of vote figures.[3] The election continued a decades-long trend of turnout being under 40% in the country, and the first-round elections were marred by violence in the north and center of the country.[4] The Voice of America reported voter turnout of only 12% in Bamako because of concerns about COVID-19, violence, and voter indifference.[5]
Party | Seats | ||||||||
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First round |
Second round |
Total | +/– | ||||||
Rally for Mali | 10 | 41 | 51 | –15 | |||||
Alliance for Democracy in Mali | 2 | 22 | 24 | +8 | |||||
Union for the Republic and Democracy | 4 | 15 | 19 | +2 | |||||
Movement for Mali | 0 | 10 | 10 | New | |||||
Democratic Alliance for Peace | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | |||||
Convergence for the Development of Mali | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||
Alliance for Solidarity in Mali | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | |||||
Union for Democracy and Development | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | |||||
African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence | 1 | 2 | 3 | –2 | |||||
Yéléma | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | |||||
Party for National Rebirth | 0 | 2 | 2 | –1 | |||||
Social Democratic Convention | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Party for the Restoration of Malian Values | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Malian Union for the African Democratic Rally | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | |||||
Party for Economic Development and Solidarity | 0 | 1 | 1 | –2 | |||||
Alliance for the Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | New | |||||
Patriotic Movement for Renewal | 0 | 1 | 1 | –2 | |||||
Union of Democratic Forces for Progress | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | |||||
Mali Kanu Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | New | |||||
Socialist Party Yelen Kura | 0 | 1 | 1 | New | |||||
Other parties | 0 | 5 | 5 | – | |||||
Independents | 0 | 2 | 2 | –2 | |||||
Votes cast | First round | Second round | |||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||
Valid votes | 2,603,157 | 95.48 | 2,186,077 | 92.67 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 123,135 | 4.52 | 172,832 | 7.33 | |||||
Total | 2,726,292 | 100 | 2,358,909 | 100 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,663,464 | 35.58 | 6,691,305 | 35.25 | |||||
Source: Constitutional Court, Full results, MaliWeb CC 2nd round Full results 2nd round |