Malian presidential election, 1997

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Presidential elections were held in Mali on 11 May 1997. They were boycotted by the main opposition parties, and as a result featured only two candidates; incumbent president Alpha Oumar Konaré of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali and Mamadou dit Maribatrou Diaby of the Party for Unity, Democracy and Progress. The result was a victory for Konaré, who won 84.4% of the vote, although turnout was just 29.0%.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Alpha Oumar Konaré	Alliance for Democracy in Mali	1,395,581	84.4
Mamadou Diaby	Party for Unity, Democracy and Progress	59,001	3.6
Mountaga Tall	National Congress for Democratic Initiative	30,195	1.8
Soumana Sako	CPP	30,060	1.8
Choguel Maiga	MPR	29,259	1.8
Seydou Kouyate	Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally	26,565	1.6
Abdoul Berthe	PMDR	21,860	1.3
Idrissa Traoré	Party for Democracy and Progress	19,437	1.2
Almamy Sylla	Rally for Democracy and Progress	16,115	1.0
Mamadou Traoré	MIRIA	15,030	0.9
Invalid/blank votes		38,054	-
Total		1,692,581	100
Source: Nohlen et al

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p581 ISBN 0198296452