2013 Malian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Mali on 24 November 2013. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's party, Rally for Mali, won 66 of the 147 seats in the National Assembly, with its allies winning an additional 49 seats, giving it a substantial majority. The Union for the Republic and Democracy, led by Soumaïla Cissé, won 17 seats, becoming the Opposition.

2013 Malian parliamentary election

24 November & 15 December 2013

All 147 seats to the National Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Younoussi Touré
Party RPM URD
Seats won 66 17
Seat change 55 17
Popular vote 708,716 546,628
Percentage 29.35% 22.64%

President before election

Dioncounda Traoré
ADEMA-PASJ

Elected President

Issaka Sidibé
RPM

The elections had originally been planned for 1 and 22 July 2012, but were postponed after the Tuareg Rebellion and the March 2012 coup d'état. A second round of voting was held on 15 December 2013.

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