2015 Ethiopian general election

2015 Ethiopian general election
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All 547 seats to the House of Peoples' Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Hailemariam Desalegn
Party EPRDF ESPDP
Last election 499 24
Seats won 500 24
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Prime Minister before election

Hailemariam Desalegn
EPRDF

Prime Minister

Hailemariam Desalegn
EPRDF

General elections were held in Ethiopia on 24 May 2015 to elect officials to the House of Peoples' Representatives. Regional Assembly elections were also held on this date.[1]

The result was a victory for the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which won 500 of the 547 seats. Allies of the EPRDF won the remaining seats.[2] Only 5.1% of the valid votes (less than 1.7 million) went to opposition parties.

  1. ^ "African election calendar 2015". Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 January 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. ^ Ethiopia's ruling party wins by landslide in general election The Guardian, 22 June 2015