The Rally for Mali (, RPM) was a Malian political party created by former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in June 2001.
The RPM was a full member of the Socialist International.List of Socialist International member parties. The symbol of the party was 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."IBK investi par son parti candidat à l’élection présidentielle prochaine au Mali" , African Press Agency, January 28, 2007 . In the election, he took second place behind Touré, receiving 19.15% of the vote."Présidentielle au Mali: la Cour constitutionnelle valide la réélection de Touré", Agence France-Presse, May 12, 2007 . 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."Mali: Résultats définitifs des Législatives - l'Adéma/PASJ perd dans trois localités", Les Echos, August 13, 2007 .
In 2013, the RPM won both the presidential and parliamentary elections, after Mali transitioned back to democracy following the 2012 military coup.
In May 2025, Mali's military junta dissolved all political parties in the country, including Rally for Mali.
Electoral history
Presidential elections ElectionParty candidateVotes%Votes%ResultFirst RoundSecond Round2007Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta433,897 19.15% - -Lost 20131,222,65739.23%2,354,69377.61%Elected 20181,331,13241.70%1,798,63267.17%Elected
National Assembly elections ElectionParty leaderVotes%Seats+/–2002Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta 462007 352013708,71629.4% 552020 15
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