Presidential candidate Ibrahim Boubacar Keita speaks at a news conference during Mali's presidential election in Bamako, July 28, 2013. REUTERS/Adama Diarra
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Former prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita came first in Mali's presidential election but will face ex-finance minister Soumaila Cisse in a run-off after he failed to secure an outright majority, the government said on Friday.
According to provisional results, Keita secured 39.24 percent of the vote in the July 28 poll, well ahead of Cisse on 19.44 percent, said Moussa Sinko Coulibaly, minister of territorial administration.
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