Malian presidential election, 1992

Presidential elections were held in Mali on 12 April 1992, with a second round on 26 April. They were the first presidential elections in the country to feature more than one candidate following the reintroduction of multi-party democracy the previous year. The result was a victory for Alpha Oumar Konaré of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali, who defeated Tiéoulé Mamadou Konaté of the Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally.^[1] Voter turnout was 23.6% in the first round and 20.9% in the second.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Alpha Oumar Konaré	Alliance for Democracy in Mali	493,973	45.0	655,555	69.0
Tiéoulé Mamadou Konaté	Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally	159,169	14.5	294,524	31.0
Mountaga Tall	National Congress for Democratic Initiative	125,140	11.4
Almamy Sylla	Rally for Democracy and Progress	103,185	9.4
Idrisa Traoré	Party for Democracy and Progress	77,938	7.1
Baba Hakib Haidara	Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally	76,840	7.0
Amadou Niangadou	Rally for Labour Democracy	43,909	4.0
Mamadou Diaby	Party for Unity, Democracy and Progress	24,150	2.2
Bamba Diallo	Independent	21,954	2.0
Invalid/blank votes		30,461	-	19,389	-
Total		1,128,178	100	969,468	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1. Elections in Mali African Elections Database
2. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p581 ISBN 0-19-829645-2