Parliamentary elections were held in Mali on 13 April 1997. However, the results were invalidated by the Constitutional Court due to "serious irregularities".[1] According to the Electoral Law, fresh elections had to be held within three months, and were ultimately held in July and August.
Results
| Party | Votes | % |
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| Alliance for Democracy in Mali | 687,156 | 42.50 |
| Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally | 126,271 | 7.81 |
| Patriotic Movement for Renewal | 109,500 | 6.77 |
| Party for National Rebirth | 99,065 | 6.13 |
| Bloc for Democracy and African Integration | 84,801 | 5.24 |
| National Congress for Democratic Initiative | 78,631 | 4.86 |
| Party for Democracy and Progress | 46,469 | 2.87 |
| Union for Democracy and Development | 46,306 | 2.86 |
| Rally for Democracy and Progress | 37,384 | 2.31 |
| Movement for the Independence, Renaissance, and Integration of Africa | 27,824 | 1.72 |
| Rally for Labour Democracy | 25,912 | 1.60 |
| Social Democratic Convention | 22,975 | 1.42 |
| Malian Party for Development and Renewal | 21,772 | 1.35 |
| Sudanese Progressive Party | 19,848 | 1.23 |
| Union of Democratic Forces for Progress | 16,353 | 1.01 |
| Convention for Progress and the People | 14,891 | 0.92 |
| Party for Unity, Democracy, and Progress | 14,061 | 0.87 |
| RFP | 12,435 | 0.77 |
| Ecologist Party for Integration | 9,863 | 0.61 |
| Citizens Movement–Circle of Republican Democrats | 9,474 | 0.59 |
| Union of Democratic Forces | 7,647 | 0.47 |
| African Party for Renewal and Integration | 7,618 | 0.47 |
| Malian Rally for Labour | 6,223 | 0.38 |
| Malian Union for Democracy and Development | 5,014 | 0.31 |
| FDJ | 3,139 | 0.19 |
| Party for Unity and Progress in Mali | 2,151 | 0.13 |
| Alliance for Economic and Social Development | 1,594 | 0.10 |
| Rally for Justice and Progress | 810 | 0.05 |
| Malian Party for Social Progress | 692 | 0.04 |
| CCP | 382 | 0.02 |
| FN | 287 | 0.02 |
| Party of Democratic Renewal and Labour | 275 | 0.02 |
| Movement for Democracy and Development | 257 | 0.02 |
| Alliances | 34,144 | 2.11 |
| Independents | 35,793 | 2.21 |
| Total | 1,617,017 | 100.00 |
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| Valid votes | 1,613,003 | 95.60 |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 74,188 | 4.40 |
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| Total votes | 1,687,191 | 100.00 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 5,035,938 | 33.50 |
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| Source: N'Diaye[a] |
- ^ There is a difference of 4,014 between the total number of votes received by each party and the total number of valid votes.
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