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ETHIOPIA: 100% Win

ETHIOPIA: 100% Win The opposition voice is not heard. Ethiopia's ruling party secured a historic victory in the country's May 24th general elections, with nearly 100% of the vote. The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) and its regional allies won 546 of the 547 seats in Parliament, with the results for one seat still uncertain, election officials announced on June 23rd, according to media reports. If the one unaccounted seat from the Bonga constituency goes to the ruling party or its allies, it would be the first time the EPRDF has claimed 100% of the vote since the first national election in 1995, according to Ethiopian newspaper Addis Standard . About 93.2% of Ethiopia's 36.8m registered voters participated in the parliamentary elections. Ethiopia's electoral board chairman, Merga Bekana , declared the final tally, excluding the one last seat. “The election was coordinated in a free, fair, peaceful, credible and democratic manner,” he said on June 23rd, according to Reuters . There were no international observers from Western countries monitoring the May 24th vote, just 59 election observers sent from the African Union ( AU ) who said the polls were legitimate. However, opposition politicians have alleged the Ethiopian http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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0001-9844
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1467-825X
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2015.06445.x
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The opposition voice is not heard. Ethiopia's ruling party secured a historic victory in the country's May 24th general elections, with nearly 100% of the vote. The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) and its regional allies won 546 of the 547 seats in Parliament, with the results for one seat still uncertain, election officials announced on June 23rd, according to media reports. If the one unaccounted seat from the Bonga constituency goes to the ruling party or its allies, it would be the first time the EPRDF has claimed 100% of the vote since the first national election in 1995, according to Ethiopian newspaper Addis Standard . About 93.2% of Ethiopia's 36.8m registered voters participated in the parliamentary elections. Ethiopia's electoral board chairman, Merga Bekana , declared the final tally, excluding the one last seat. “The election was coordinated in a free, fair, peaceful, credible and democratic manner,” he said on June 23rd, according to Reuters . There were no international observers from Western countries monitoring the May 24th vote, just 59 election observers sent from the African Union ( AU ) who said the polls were legitimate. However, opposition politicians have alleged the Ethiopian

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Jul 1, 2015

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