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Upcoming Elections
- Presidential
First Round (Tentative)
July 7, 2013 - Legislative
First Round (Tentative)
July 28, 2013 - Legislative
Second Round
August 11, 2013 - Presidential
First Round
2017 - Parliamentary
First Round
2017
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Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Dioncounda TRAORE *
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Django SISSOKO
- Assembly: Mali has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 147 seats.
* Amadou Toumani TOURE was overthrown in military coup on March 21, 2012.
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 by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve 5-year terms.***
*** 147 members are elected through a majority party-list system in two rounds of voting to serve 5-year terms.
Population:
- Population: 14,533,511 (July 2012 est.)
Future elections
- Parliamentary
First Round - 2017 - Presidential
First Round - 2017 - Legislative
Second Round - August 11, 2013 - Legislative
First Round - July 28, 2013 - Presidential
First Round - July 7, 2013
Past elections
- Parliamentary
Second Round - July 22, 2012 - Parliamentary
First Round - July 1, 2012 - Presidential
Second Round - May 13, 2012 - Presidential
First Round - April 29, 2012 - Parliamentary
Second Round - July 22, 2007 - Parliamentary
First Round - July 1, 2007 - Presidential - April 29, 2007
- Parliamentary - July 14, 2002
- Presidential
Second Round - May 12, 2002 - Presidential
First Round - April 28, 2002
Last Updated on 01/10/2013
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