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Ethiopian ruling party secures landside win in parliament election

Xinhua, June 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Ethiopia's ruling party, the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and its allies have seen a landside win in the parliament election held on May 24 by securing 546 seats of the total 547 parliamentary seats.

The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) on Monday announced the final result of the election, in which the ruling party in the country has won 500 seats.

Of the rest 46 seats won by EPRDF's allies, 24 seats won by Somali People's Democratic Party (SPDP), nine by Benishangul Gumuz People's Democratic Party ((BGPDP), eight by the Afar National Democratic Party (ANDP), three by the Gambella People's Unity Democratic Movement ((GPUDM), one by the Harari National League (HNL) and the Argoba People Democratic Organization (APDO) respectively.

The result of remaining one seat of the 547 parliamentary seats is still under process, according to Merga Bekana, NEBE Chairman, during his briefings to reporters about the final result of the elections.

About 93.2 percent of the total registered 36.8 million voters have cast the ballots on the polling day, said the NEBE Chairman.

Fifty-eight political parties have contested in the 2015 election for parliamentary and regional councils, which was held for the fifth time in Ethiopia after the overthrow of the Derg regime in 1991.

Ethiopia conducts its general elections every five years to elect the party that rules the country for a five-year period. Endi