With no official winner announced in the first round of Mali's presidential election on Sunday, supporters of the 27 candidates were waiting with baited breath for official results and trying to calculate their own. With some predicting that Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta could have won 50 per cent in the first round, his opponents were anxious that a second round be held., July 2013
Twenty-seven candidates took part in Mali's presidential election. Here, election workers are checking results from villages at the headquarters of Modibo Sidibe.
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Speaking to the press.
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Outside the headquarters of Unam candidate Jeamille Bittar.
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The atmosphere is more tense at the headquarters of his main rival, Soumiala Cisse.
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All is calm at the headquarters of leading candidate and former prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
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Passing a campaign billboard of Housseini Amion Guindo.
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The headquarters of Yelema candidate Moussa Mara.
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Several presidential candidates attended an emergency meeting to call for a second round.
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Dramane Dembele of Adema was among them.
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Modibo Sidibe of the CNPP and Adema's Dramane Dembele consult.
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Somaila Cisse has said that a second round is "indispensable".
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