Legislative in Mali: the RPM in sharp decline in Bamako, according to provisional results

An electoral agent wearing a protective mask removes the seals from an urn after the first round of the Malian legislative elections, in Bamako, on March 29, 2020. MICHELE CATTANI / AFP

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The centralization of results continues after the second round of legislative elections on Sunday. The governorate of Bamako transmitted to the centralization commission on Monday the provisional results of the six communes of Bamako. According to these results, the ruling party has lost a lot of ground, while the main opposition party is in the lead in the capital.

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With our correspondent in Bamako, Serge Daniel

According to the provisional results of the six communes of Bamako, the ruling party, Le Rassemblement pour le Mali (RPM), obtains only one of the 14 seats of deputies. And it is Karim Keita, outgoing deputy and son of the President of the Republic who is elected on the winning list in commune II.

In 2013, the presidential party obtained in the capital 9 seats of deputies out of 14. The party thus registers today a loss of 8 seats in the capital. Let us note that the candidate of the RPM in commune V already contests the provisional results which gives him loser.

Another lesson from the second round of legislative elections in Bamako is the Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD), the main opposition party, which has the largest number of elected representatives with four seats. In addition, with three elected officials, the Yéléma party of former Prime Minister Moussa Mara is also on the podium. A party of the presidential movement (Adema) also comes out of the water with two elected officials.

If these provisional results are confirmed by the Constitutional Court, 12 of the 14 deputies from Bamako will be new faces on the benches of the Assembly. The participation rate in the capital is around 13%.

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