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Decentralization/Federalism – 1998

Communal level elections took place in 19 municipalities on June 21, 1998. The voter turnout was low due to the opposition’s boycott of the elections. In the elections, the ruling party, the Alliance for Democracy in Mali, (ADEMA) won 16 out of the 19 municipalities. The elections in other collectivities were scheduled for November.¹ But the November elections for the remaining 782 municipalities were postponed again upon requests from 17 parties, asking for extra time to campaign. Elections were rescheduled for May 2 and June 6.²

1. Ibid.
2. “Mali local elections postponed, again,” Agence France Presse, March 27, 1999.