Malian parliamentary election, April 1997

Parliamentary elections were held in Mali on 13 April 1997. However, the results were invalidated by the Constitutional Court due to "serious irregularities".^[1] According to the Electoral Law, fresh elections had to be held within three months, and were ultimately held in July and August.

Results

Party	Votes	%
Alliance for Democracy in Mali	687,156	42.60
Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally	126,271	7.83
Patriotic Movement for Renewal	109,500	6.79
Party for National Rebirth	99,065	6.14
Bloc for Democracy and African Integration	84,801	5.26
National Congress for Democratic Initiative	78,631	4.87
Party for Democracy and Progress	46,469	2.88
Union for Democracy and Development	46,306	2.87
Rally for Democracy and Progress	37,384	2.32
Movement for the Independence, Renaissance, and Integration of Africa	27,824	1.72
Rally for Labour Democracy	25,912	1.61
Social Democratic Convention	22,975	1.42
Malian Party for Development and Renewal	21,772	1.35
Sudanese Progressive Party	19,848	1.23
Union of Democratic Forces for Progress	16,353	1.01
Convention for Progress and the People	14,891	0.92
Party for Unity, Democracy, and Progress	14,061	0.87
RFP	12,435	0.77
Ecologist Party for Integration	9,863	0.61
Citizens Movement–Circle of Republican Democrats	9,474	0.59
Union of Democratic Forces	7,647	0.47
African Party for Renewal and Integration	7,618	0.47
Malian Rally for Labour	6,223	0.39
Malian Union for Democracy and Development	5,014	0.31
FDJ	3,139	0.19
Party for Unity and Progress in Mali	2,151	0.13
Alliance for Economic and Social Development	1,594	0.10
Rally for Justice and Progress	810	0.05
Malian Party for Social Progress	692	0.04
CCP	382	0.02
FN	287	0.02
Party of Democratic Renewal and Labour	275	0.02
Movement for Democracy and Development	257	0.02
Alliances	34,144	2.12
Independents	35,793	2.22
Invalid/blank votes	74,188	–
Total	1,687,191	100
Registered voters/turnout	5,035,938	33.50
Source: N'Diaye[2]

References

1. Mali: Elections in 1997 Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. Ibrahima NDiaye (1998) Les élections 1997 au Mali: résultats, reflexions, défis à notre culture démocratique, pp28–30