Parliamentary elections in Ethiopia 2010
The parliamentary elections in Ethiopia 2010 took place on May 23 of that year. All seats of the House of Representatives and the individual parliaments of the independent regions were eligible for election .
According to the National Electoral Commission of Ethiopia , the Revolutionary Democratic Front of the Ethiopian Peoples' Party (EPRDF) won over 90 percent of the eligible seats in the House of Representatives from Prime Minister Meles Zenawi . However, this result was questioned by opposition parties such as the Coalition Forum for Democratic Dialogue (FDD). Overall, they called the election a fraud and called for it to be repeated.
It was the fourth national parliamentary election since the fall of Mengistu Haile Mariam's regime .
course
According to the European Commission's election observer mission , election day and the preceding campaigns were generally peaceful. The secrecy of the ballot was taken, the turnout was high and the media coverage ran neutral. She criticized the fuzzy separation between the ruling party and local administration, the inconsistent application of electoral processes, the lack of representation of women in political parties and the use of state resources for the activities of the ruling party.
The opposition, on the other hand, complained about intimidation of its candidates and supporters, the arrest of political opponents and the deliberate refusal of voting papers .
Results
The preliminary result showed 499 seats for the EPRDF , 35 seats for parties allied with the EPRDF and 2 seats for the FDD .
The National Electoral Commission largely confirmed this result on June 21, 2010: before the opposition had 2 seats, afterwards it had only one seat.
According to the official final result, the ruling parties and their allied regional ruling parties together won a total of 545 out of 547 seats in parliament, while the opposition and independent parties each received one seat. The candidates of the largest opposition alliance Medrek (FDD) received around 30% of the vote, but because of the majority vote, almost all the seats went to the governing coalition.
- EPRDF : 499
- SPDP : 24
- BGPDUF : 9
- ANDP : 8
- Otherwise. and independent : 7
| Party or coalition | Seats | Proportion of seats |
|---|---|---|
| Revolutionary Democratic Front of the Ethiopian Peoples (EPRDF) | 499 | 91.2% |
| Democratic Party of the Somali People (SPDP) | 24 | 4.4% |
| Democratic United Front of the Peoples of Benishangul-Gumuz (BGPDUF) | 9 | 1.6% |
| National Democratic Party of Afar (ANDP) | 8th | 1.5% |
| Democratic Movement of the Peoples of Gambella (GPDM) | 3 | 0.5% |
| Harari National League | 1 | 0.2% |
| Democratic Movement of the Argobba People | 1 | 0.2% |
| Forum for Democratic Dialogue : | 1 | 0.2% |
| Independent | 1 | 0.2% |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the EU Election observation missions: High turnout on a peaceful and orderly Election Day marred by a narrowing of political space and an uneven playing field (English; PDF; 147 kB), accessed on June 22, 2010
- ↑ derStandard.at : Election Commission confirms election victory of the ruling party , accessed on June 22, 2010
- ↑ DW -world.de: Opposition criticizes election in Ethiopia , accessed on June 22, 2010
- ↑ The Guardian website : Xan Rice: Unease over extent of ruling party's landslide in Ethiopia , accessed June 22, 2010
- ↑ National Electoral Commission of Ethiopia : Election Result (English), accessed on June 22, 2010
- ↑ Ethiopia Faces Era Of One-Party Rule , Voice of America, August 18, 2010
Web links
- "Ethiopian Opposition Parliamentary Candidate Killed (Update1)" , Business Week / Bloomsberg website (originally published March 2, 2010)
- Jason McClure, "Candidate Is Stabbed to Death in Ethiopia" , New York Times (published on March 2, 2010)
