National Assembly of Mali

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The unicameral National Assembly of Mali is the country's legislative body.

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 14 and 28 July 2002, has a total of 160 members. 147 members are directly elected in single or multi-member constituencies using the Two-Round (or Run-off) system. Malians living abroad are represented by 13 legislators selected in separate polling. All members serve five-year terms.

 Summary of the 1 July and 22 July 2007 Malian parliamentary election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats 1st round	Seats 2nd round	Seats abroad	Total seats
Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP)	Alliance for Democracy in Mali (ADEMA)			9	42	—	51
	Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD)			3	31	—	34
	Patriotic Movement for Renewal (MPR)			0	8	—	8
	National Congress for Democratic Initiative (CNID)			0	7	—	7
	Union for Democracy and Development (UDD)			0	3	—	3
	Movement for the Independence, Renaissance, and Integration of Africa (MIRIA)			0	2	—	2
	Party for Solidarity and Progress (PSP)			0	2	—	2
	Alternation Bloc for Renewal, Integration, and African Cooperation (BARICA)			0	2	—	2
	Bloc for Democracy and African Integration (BDIA)			0	1	—	1
	Citizens' Party for Revival (PCR)			0	1	—	1
	National Rally for Democracy (RND)			1	0	—	1
	Sudanese Union-African Democratic Rally (US-RDA)			0	1	—	1
Front for Democracy and the Republic (FDR)	Rally for Mali (RPM)			0	11	—	11
	Party for National Rebirth (PARENA)			0	4	—	4
African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence (SADI)				0	4	—	4
Independents				0	15	—	15
Representatives of Malians living abroad				—	—	13	13
Total (turnout 33.39% in first round)				13	134	13	160
Source: Les Echos, Panapress, L'Essor

(Note: Elections were annulled in 8 constituencies due to irregularities)

Controversies

A 2009 amendments to the Malian Family Code was met by huge demonstrations demanding it not be signed, following which President Toure sent the bill back to the parliament.

See also

• History of Mali
• List of national legislatures
• List of Presidents of the National Assembly of Mali
• Legislative branch

External links

• Official site of the National Assembly of Mali (French)
• Assemblée Nationale at the official site of the President of Mali, including listings of the parliamentary groups and commissions (French)