Malian presidential election, 2002
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Mali held Presidential elections in 2002 to choose the President of Mali with the first round on 28 April 2002 and the second round on 12 May. Amadou Toumani Touré won the election with 64% of the vote in the second round.
The previous president Alpha Oumar Konaré stood down after 10 years after being term limited by the Malian constitution to two terms.
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[edit] Candidates
24 candidates were certified by the Constitutional Court and stood in the election. Only one candidate, a woman who would have been the country's first female presidential candidate if she had been allowed to run, was prevented from standing for election after failing to provide the deposit of approximately $7,000.[1]
[edit] Election rules
In order to become a candidate for the election a candidate had to provide a deposit of approximately $7,000. This was returned if the candidate won over 5% of the vote in the first round. Each candidate was entitled to have a representative at each of the 12,400 polling booths.
A secound round was held as none of the candidates received over 50% of the vote.
[edit] Election controversy
Overall international observors said the election was well managed and transparent;[2][3] however, there were many procedural irregularities. After the first round of voting the Constitutional Court cancelled over 500,000 of the ballots due to problems such as unregistered voters and missing election reports.[4]
[edit] Full results
Candidates - Parties | Votes 1st round | % | Votes 2nd round | % |
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Amadou Toumani Touré | 449,176 | 28.71 | 1,099,653 | 64.35 |
Soumaïla Cissé - Alliance for Democracy in Mali | 333,525 | 21.31 | 609,320 | 35.65 |
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita - Rally for Mali | 329,143 | 21.03 | - | |
Tiébilé Dramé - Party for National Rebirth | 62,493 | 3.99 | - | |
Mountaga Tall - National Congress for Democratic Initiative | 58,695 | 3.75 | - | |
Moussa Balla Coulibaly - UDD | 50,211 | 3.21 | - | |
Choguel Kokalla Maïga - MPR | 42,469 | 2.71 | - | |
Mamadou Sangaré - Social Democratic Convention | 34,603 | 2.21 | - | |
Mandé Sidibé | 31,359 | 2.01 | - | |
Ahmed El Madani Diallo | 25,584 | 1.63 | - | |
Daba Diawara - Independence, Democracy, and Solidarity Party | 17,156 | 1.10 | - | |
Oumar Mariko - African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence | 13,718 | 0.88 | - | |
Madiassa Maguiraga - PPP | 12,548 | 0.80 | - | |
Youssouf Hassan Diallo | 12,455 | 0.80 | - | |
Modibo Sangaré - UNPR | 11,667 | 0.75 | - | |
Mamadou Gakou | 11,505 | 0.74 | - | |
Mady Konaté - PDP | 11,302 | 0.72 | - | |
Modibo Kane Kida | 9,722 | 0.62 | - | |
Mamadou dit Maribatrou Diaby | 9,101 | 0.57 | - | |
Almamy Sylla - RDP | 8,851 | 0.57 | - | |
Habibou Dembélé | 7,964 | 0.51 | - | |
Sanoussi Nanacassé | 7,829 | 0.50 | - | |
Ibrahim Diakité - FNRSIT | 6,899 | 0.44 | - | |
Abdoulaye Sogolomba Konaté | 6,771 | 0.43 | - | |
Total turnout (1st round 38.3%) (2nd round 30.0%) | 1,564,776 | 100.0 | 1,424,746 | 100.0 |
Source:Elections in Mali |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Regional results of second round
- The Carter Centre: Postelection Statement on Mali Elections, June 7, 2002
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