# Elections in Mali

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.

## Political parties

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.

## Gender parity

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. The law was ratified the following month as Law 2015-052 of 18 December 2015.

## Latest elections
### Presidential elections

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | 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 [fr] | 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 [fr] | 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 [fr] | | 36,124 | 1.13 | | |
| | Modibo Kadjoke | Alliance for Mali | 30,479 | 0.95 | | |
| | lMoussa Sinko Coulibaly [fr] | 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 | Total | Total | 3,192,149 | 100.00 | 2,668,050 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 3,192,149 | 93.44 | 2,668,050 | 96.89 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 224,069 | 6.56 | 85,648 | 3.11 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,416,218 | 100.00 | 2,753,698 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 8,000,462 | 42.70 | 8,000,462 | 34.42 |
| Source: Constitutional Court |||||||

### Parliamentary elections

Parties formed different alliances in different constituencies, making it impossible to determine a national set of vote figures. 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. The Voice of America reported voter turnout of only 12% in Bamako because of concerns about COVID-19, violence, and voter indifference.
| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | 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 [fr] | 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 | Votes cast | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,603,157 | 95.48 | 2,186,077 | 92.67 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 123,135 | 4.52 | 172,832 | 7.33 |
| Total | Total | 2,726,292 | 100 | 2,358,909 | 100 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 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 ||||||