General Information
At stake in this election:
- 147 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Amadou Toumani TOURE
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Ahmed Mohamed ag HAMANI
- 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.
- The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
- In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) 147 members are elected through a closed party-list majority system to serve 5-year terms.
Main parties in the electoral race:
- Alliance: Hope 2002 / Espoir 2002*
- Leader: N/A
- Seats won in this election: 66
- Alliance: Alliance for Republic and Democracy / Alliance pour la République et la démocratie (ARD)
- Leader: N/A
- Seats won in this election: 59
- Alliance: Convergence for Alternance and Change / Convergence pour l'Alternance et changement (ACC)
- Leader: N/A
- Seats won in this election: 10
- Party: African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence / Solidarité Africaine pour la Démocratie et l'Indépendance (SADI)
- Leader: Oumar MARIKO
- Seats won in this election: 6
- Independent(s): Independents
- Leader: N/A
- Seats won in this election: 6
* Hope 2002 consists of the Rally for Mali,; the National Congress for Democratic Initiative; the Patriotic Movement for Renewal of Choguel Kokalla Maïga, and the Rally for Labour Democracy, which took one.
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 13,796,354 (July 2010 est.)
- Registered Voters: N/A