Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Ibrahim Boubakar KEITA
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye MAIGA
• Assembly: Mali has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 147 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
• In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) 147 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms. A second round of voting (a runoff between the two candidates with the most votes) is held in constituencies in which no candidate received a majority of votes.