Malian presidential election, 2002

Malian presidential election, 2002
Mali
28 April and 12 May 2002
 
Nominee Amadou Toumani Touré Soumaïla Cissé
Party Independent ADEMA-PASJ
Popular vote 1,099,653 609,320
Percentage 64.35% 35.65%
President before election

Alpha Oumar Konaré
ADEMA-PASJ

 President-elect

Amadou Toumani Touré
Independent

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Presidential elections were held in Mali on 28 April 2002, with a run-off on 12 May. The previous president, Alpha Oumar Konaré, stood down after 10 years in office, having been term limited by the Malian constitution to two terms. Amadou Toumani Touré won the election with 64% of the vote in the second round.

Candidates

Twenty-four 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]

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 second round was held as none of the candidates received over 50% of the vote.

Conduct

Overall, international observers 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.[3]

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Amadou Toumani TouréIndependent449,17628.711,099,65364.35
Soumaïla CisséAlliance for Democracy in Mali333,52521.31609,32035.65
Ibrahim Boubacar KeitaRally for Mali329,14321.03
Tiébilé DraméParty for National Rebirth62,4933.99
Mountaga TallNational Congress for Democratic Initiative58,6953.75
Moussa Balla CoulibalyUnion for Democracy and Development50,2113.21
Choguel Kokalla MaïgaPatriotic Movement for Renewal42,4692.71
Mamadou SangaréSocial Democratic Convention34,6032.21
Mandé SidibéAlliance for Democracy in Mali31,3592.01
Ahmed El Madani DialloAlliance for Democracy in Mali25,5841.63
Daba DiawaraParty for Independence, Democracy and Solidarity17,1561.10
Oumar MarikoAfrican Solidarity for Democracy and Independence13,7180.88
Madiassa MaguiragaPopular Party for Progress12,5480.80
Youssouf Hassan DialloIndependent12,4550.80
Modibo SangaréNational Union for Rebirth11,6670.75
Mamadou GakouConvention for Progress and the People11,5050.74
Mady KonatéParty for Democracy and Progress11,3020.72
Modibo Kane KidaMovement of the Free, United and Combined Populations9,7220.62
Mamadou DiabyParty for Unity, Democracy and Progress9,1010.57
Almamy SyllaRally for Democracy and Progress8,8510.57
Habibou DembéléIndependent7,9640.51
Sanoussi NanacasséIndependent7,8290.50
Ibrahim DiakitéNational Front for Renewal and the Protection of Territorial Integrity6,8990.44
Abdoulaye Sogolomba KonatéIndependent6,7710.43
Invalid/blank votes636,378–298,464–
Total2,201,1541001,723,210100
Registered voters/turnout5,746,20238.315,746,20229.99
Source: African Elections Database

References

  1. ↑ Joan Baxter, "Mali counts the cost of democracy", BBC News, April 25, 2002.
  2. ↑ INTERIM STATEMENT BY THE CARTER CENTER ON MALI'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, APRIL 28, 2002
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Freedom in the World - Mali (2005)

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