Elections in Mali
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Mali elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 160 members, elected for a five-year term, 147 members elected in single-seat constituencies and 13 members elected by Malians living abroad.
Political parties
Mali has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Gender parity
On 12 November 2015, the National Assembly voted in favour of a gender parity law requiring at least thirty percent of elected or appointed officials to be women.{{cite Q|Q125194007|url-status=live}} The law was ratified the following month as Law 2015-052 of 18 December 2015.{{cite Q|Q125193845|url-status=live}}
Latest elections
=Presidential elections=
{{main|2018 Malian presidential election}}
{{#section-h:2018 Malian presidential election|Results}}
=Parliamentary elections=
{{main|2020 Malian parliamentary election}}
{{#section-h:2020 Malian parliamentary election|Results}}
See also
References
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