Elections in Ethiopia

Elections have been held in Ethiopia since 1953 .

At the time of the Ethiopian Empire , parties were not allowed. Only in the autonomous province of Eritrea were there political parties that ran for the national assembly elections . The first general Ethiopian election took place in 1957, it was a parliamentary election . The parliamentary elections in 1961, 1965, 1969 and 1973 were also elections without admitted parties. The legislature of the 1973 election was interrupted by the 1974 military coup.

There were no elections at the time of Derg . After the severe famine in Ethiopia in 1984–1985 , the military dictatorship tried to give their rule a legal framework and in 1987 created the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia . Its constitution was adopted by referendum in February 1987 - the first and (so far) last referendum in the country's history. In September the only parliamentary elections in the period of the People's Republic were finally held. The Unity Party received all seats in the National Assembly ( Shengo ).

After the fall of the People's Republic in 1991, democratic elections were organized. Multi-party elections have only been held since 1994. Since then, there have been five multi-party parliamentary elections, in 1994 , 1995 , 2000 , 2005 and 2010 .

See also

• Political system of Ethiopia
• List of political parties in Ethiopia

Individual evidence

1. ^ African Elections Database : Elections in Ethiopia since 1955 , accessed June 14, 2010
2. ^ African Elections Database : Elections in Ethiopia to the Chamber of Deputies 1973 , accessed on June 14, 2010
3. ^ African Elections Database : National Assembly Elections in Ethiopia 1987 , accessed June 14, 2010
4. ^ African Elections Database : Elections in Ethiopia 1994 , accessed June 14, 2010
5. ^ African Elections Database : Elections to the People's House of Representatives of Ethiopia 2005 , accessed on June 14, 2010