[6] Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of the Rally for Mali (RPM) and Oumar Mariko of the African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence (SADI), both of whom were defeated in the 2007 presidential election, stood as candidates in the parliamentary election: Keïta in Commune IV in Bamako, where 17 lists competed for the two available seats in the first round,[7] and Mariko at the head of a list in Kolondieba.

[8] PARENA leader and 2007 presidential candidate Tiébilé Dramé was running on the ADEMA-URD-PARENA list in Nioro du Sahel that was rejected by the Constitutional Court on May 31.

[12] Although Touré urged people to vote, voter turnout in the second round was reportedly low.

[13] The first round of the election on July 1 reportedly proceeded without incident, although voting was extended by four hours in Ségou due to heavy rain.

[14] Observers from the West African Economic and Monetary Union praised the organization of the second round on July 24, but criticized low voter turnout.

The opposition parties grouped into the Front for Democracy and the Republic (FDR) had 15 seats, 11 for the RPM and four for PARENA.

ADEMA lost four of the seats it had in the provisional results due to the court's ruling that electoral fraud occurred in three districts: Koulikoro, Goundam and Tombouctou.

[23] A number of important politicians failed to win seats in the first round and faced the second round: Keïta, Mariko, National Congress for Democratic Initiative President Mountaga Tall in Ségou, and ADEMA President Dioncounda Traoré in Nara.