Ethiopian prime minister's party easily wins parliamentary election
The ruling party secured 438 of 486 seats as turnout reached 94%, after opposition parties stayed divided and voting was skipped in Tigray.
- On Sunday, the National Elections Board announced that the Prosperity Party won a landslide victory in the June 1 legislative elections, securing almost 90 per cent of the contested seats.
- Roughly 40 million people participated in the poll across 501 of 547 constituencies, with the Prosperity Party securing 438 of those seats among 54 million registered voters.
- The NEBE delayed results originally due June 11 after technical difficulties and unrest in the Amhara and Oromia regions, where armed groups blocked access to polling stations.
- Voting did not occur in the restive Tigray region, marking the second consecutive time the area was excluded from national elections since 2021.
- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who has led Ethiopia since 2018, faces criticism for growing authoritarianism following the 2020-2022 civil war in Tigray, where about 600,000 people are estimated to have died.
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Ethiopian prime minister's party gets another big parliamentary majority
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party won another large parliamentary majority in this month's elections, results released by the national election board on Sunday showed.
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