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.

Contents 1 Candidates 2 Election rules 3 Election controversy 4 Full results 5 References 6 External links

[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

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Summary of the 28 April and 12 May 2002 Malian presidential election results

Candidates - Parties	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
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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