Elections in Ethiopia - Definition and Overview

Elections in Ethiopia gives information on election and election results in Ethiopia. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.

See election for a more comprehensive discussion and the List of democracy and elections-related topics for an overview on related topics.

Ethiopia elects on federal level a legislature. The Federal Parliamentary Assembly has two chambers. The Council of People's Representatives (Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet) has 527 members, elected for a five year term in single seat constituenciese. The Council of the Federation (Yefedereshn Mekir Bet) has 117 members, one each from the 22 minority nationalities and one from each professional sector of is remaining nationalities, designated by the regional councils which may elect them directly or provide their direct elections. Ethiopia is a one party dominant state in the form that a coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front dominates politics. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

Last elections

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Past elections

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See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Electionworld (http://www.electionworld.org/ethiopia.htm)
• Adam Carr's Election Archive (http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/e/ethiopia/)