Rally for Mali

The Rally for Mali (French: Rassemblement pour le Mali; RPM) is a Malian political party created by former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in June 2001.

Rally for Mali Rassemblement pour le Mali
Abbreviation	RPM
President	Bocary Treta
Founder	Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
Founded	2001
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	Socialist International
Colors	Green, yellow
National Assembly	51 / 147
Website
http://rpm.ml/
Politics of Mali Political parties Elections

The RPM is a full member of the Socialist International.^[1] The symbol of the party is a weaver.

History

In October 2000, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, the former prime minister of Mali, resigned from incumbent President Alpha Oumar Konaré's party, the Alliance for Democracy in Mali-African Party for Solidarity and Justice (ADEMA-PASJ), over which he had presided since 1994. In February 2001, with activists and executives in tow, Keïta created the movement Alternative 2002 to back his bid for president. The Rally for Mali followed in June.

In the first round of the presidential election, held in April 2002, Keïta won 21.04% of the vote, finishing third, after the official candidate of the ADEMA-PASJ, Soumaïla Cissé, and the winner, former acting president Amadou Toumani Touré.

Along with the National Congress for Democratic Initiative (CNID) and the Patriotic Movement for Renewal (MPR), Rally for Mali was part of the Hope 2002 coalition for the 2002 legislative election, after which it became the second biggest political party in parliament, with 45 deputies.

The Rally won roughly 13% of the vote in the municipal elections of 30 May 2004.

In January 2007, Keïta was again designated as the party's candidate for the April 2007 presidential election.^[2] In the election, he took second place behind Touré, receiving 19.15% of the vote.^[3] The RPM, part of the opposition Front for Democracy and the Republic (FDR), won 11 out of 147 seats in the July 2007 parliamentary election.^[4]

In 2013, the RPM won both the presidential and parliamentary elections, after Mali transitioned back to democracy following a military coup.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
		First Round		Second Round
2007	Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta	433,897	19.15%	-	-	Lost N
2013		1,222,657	39.23%	2,354,693	77.61%	Elected Y
2018		1,331,132	41.70%	1,798,632	67.17%	Elected Y

National Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2002	Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta			46 / 160	46
2007				11 / 160	35
2013		708,716	29.4%	66 / 147	55
2020				51 / 147	15

References

1. List of Socialist International member parties.
2. "IBK investi par son parti candidat à l’élection présidentielle prochaine au Mali" Archived 2007-08-05 at archive.today, African Press Agency, January 28, 2007 (in French).
3. "Présidentielle au Mali: la Cour constitutionnelle valide la réélection de Touré", Agence France-Presse, May 12, 2007 (in French).
4. "Mali: Résultats définitifs des Législatives - l'Adéma/PASJ perd dans trois localités", Les Echos, August 13, 2007 (in French).