Electoral system for national legislature

Mali’s electoral system is a majoritarian system with two rounds, though it may depending on the number of seats being contested, be for a single candidate or a party list. Voters vote for party lists when their electoral districts have from two to seven seats. In these cases, political parties submit closed-party lists with the same number of candidates as available seats.

If no list or candidate obtains an absolute majority in the first round, a second round will proceed whereby two candidates with the greatest number of votes take part in the second round of the elections. In the case of multi member districts, the two highest party lists from the first round compete in the second, with the winning list gaining every seat in the district.