2026/6/22 05:27 (Updated at 6/22 07:38) Please agree to our privacy policy to enable the news listening function. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy voted in the election on the 1st. (Reuters) (Central News Agency, Addis Ababa, comprehensive foreign news report on the 21st) The Ethiopian Election Commission pointed out today that Prime Minister Abiy’s ruling Prosperity Party achieved an overwhelming victory in the parliamentary election held on the 1st, winning about 90% of the seats. Agence France-Presse reported that Abiy Ahmed, who has been in power since 2018, has been criticized for his increasingly authoritarian style, which is in sharp contrast to his early image when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for repairing relations with neighboring Eritrea. The Prosperity Party is unanimously favored in the country of 130 million people; the divided opposition has failed to field candidates in many constituencies. According to statistics compiled by AFP after National Elections Board Chairman Melatwork Hailu announced the results, the ruling party won 438 of the 486 seats in the House of Peoples’ Representatives. Accounting for about 90% of the seats in the election. According to the National Electoral Commission, elections were held in 501 of the country’s 547 constituencies, with approximately 40 million of the 54 million registered voters casting their ballots. The Election Commission said that due to security reasons, 143 polling stations were not open on polling day, and said that voting operations were temporarily interrupted in several locations in the Amhara and Oromia regions, but did not provide further details. The most representative political party, the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice, has only launched 293 candidates, compared with 461 candidates from the Prosperity Party. It is expected that those elected in the parliamentary election will select the prime minister from among the members of the House of People’s Representatives between the end of September and October. (Compiled by: He Hongru) 1150622 Support the Central News Agency’s choice to stand with the facts. Every donation you make is a small amount of support to protect press freedom. Download the Central News Agency’s “First-hand News” APP to get the latest news in real time. The text, pictures and audio and video of this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.
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