2020 Malian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Mali on 29 March 2020, with a second round on 19 April.[1] They were initially scheduled to be held on 25 November and 16 December 2018,[2] but were moved to April 2019 and then to June 2019,[3][4] before being postponed until 2020 by the Council of Ministers.[5] The elections were marred by violence in the north and center of the country.[6]

2020 Malian parliamentary election

29 March 2020 (first round)
19 April 2020 (second round)

All 147 members of the National Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Tiémoko Sangaré Soumaïla Cissé
Party RPM ADEMA-PASJ URD
Seats before 66 44 17

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Soumana Mory Coulibaly Oumar Mariko Tiébilé Dramé
Party FARE SADI PARENA
Seats before 6 5 3

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Hamed Diané Séméga N/A
Party PDES Independents
Seats before 2 7

President of the National Assembly before election

Issaka Sidibé
RPM

Elected President of the National Assembly

Moussa Timbiné
RPM

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These are the first elections to fill Mali’s 147-seat parliament since 2013.[7]

Thousands of Malians have died as the country suffered sporadic attacks by jihadists as well as cases of inter-ethnic violence since unrest began in 2012.[7]

Electoral system

The 147 members of the National Assembly are elected from 125 constituencies using the two-round system to serve five-year terms. In constituencies where there is more than one seat, block voting is used.[8]

Conduct

Leader of the opposition Soumaila Cissé was kidnapped on 26 March, three days prior to the elections.[9] Village chiefs, election officials, and an election observer were kidnapped; there were death threats and a police station was ransacked according to the Coalition for the Observation of Elections in Mali, which had sent 1,600 observers. Nine people were killed when their vehicle hit a landmine on 29 March. Three soldiers were killed and three injured in another landmine on 30 March. An al-Qaeda-aligned group took responsibility for the bombings, as well as an attack on soldiers and the killing of a group of Dozo hunters on 27 March.[6]

Results

Parties formed different alliances in different constituencies, making it impossible to determine a national set of vote figures.[10] 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.[6]

Party Seats
First
round
Second
round
Total +/–
Rally for Mali104151 15
Alliance for Democracy in Mali22224 8
Union for the Republic and Democracy41519 2
Movement for Mali01010New
Democratic Alliance for Peace336 4
Convergence for the Development of Mali055
Alliance for Solidarity in Mali044 2
Union for Democracy and Development044 3
African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence123 2
Yéléma112 2
Party for National Renaissance022 1
Democratic Social Convention022
Party for the restoration of Mali's values011
Malian Union for the African Democratic Rally101 1
Party for Economic Development and Solidarity011 2
Alliance for the republic011New
Patriotic Movement for Renewal011 2
Union of democratic forces for progress011 1
Mali kanu Party011New
Socialist Party Yelen Kura011New
Other parties055-
Independents022 2
Votes cast First round Second round
Votes%Votes%
Valid votes2,603,15795.482,186,07792.67
Invalid/blank votes123,1354.52172,8327.33
Total2,726,2921002,358,909100
Registered voters/turnout7,663,46435.586,691,30535.25
Source: Constitutional Court, Full results, MaliWeb CC 2nd round Full results 2nd round

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