1997 Malian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Mali on 11 May 1997. They were boycotted by the main opposition parties and saw incumbent president Alpha Oumar Konaré of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali re-elected with 84.4% of the vote, although turnout was just 29.0%.

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 Sacko	Convention for Progress and the People	30,060	1.8
Choguel Kokalla Maïga	Patriotic Movement for Renewal	29,259	1.8
Seydou Kouyate	Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally	26,565	1.6
Abdoul Berthe	Malian Party for Development and Renewal	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
Registered voters/turnout		5,830,824	29.0
Source: Nohlen et al.