Elections in Ethiopia

Politics of Ethiopia
Constitution Presidency Constitution History President (List) Taye Atskeselassie
Executive Prime Minister (List) Abiy Ahmed Deputies Debretsion Gebremichael Demeke Mekonnen Muktar Kedir Council of Ministers
Legislature House of Federation House of Peoples' Representatives
Judiciary Federal Supreme Court
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2013 2018 Parliamentary: 2015 2021 NEBE Political parties
Administrative divisions Regions Zones Districts
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Gedu Andargachew Diplomatic missions of / in Ethiopia Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Foreign aid
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Under the current constitution, Ethiopia conducts local, regional, and federal elections. At the federal level, Ethiopia elects a legislature. The Federal Parliamentary Assembly has two chambers: the House of People's Representatives (ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet) with not more than 550 members as per the constitution but actually nearly 547 members, elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies; and the Council of the Federation (Yefedereshn Mekir Bet) with 117 members, one each from the 22 minority nationalities, and one from each professional sector of its remaining nationalities, designated by the regional councils, which may elect them themselves or through popular elections.

Ethiopia is a dominant-party state in that a coalition, the Prosperity Party, is the strongest party in the country. Reforms to political party legislation have opened up for opposition parties to operate in the country and many have been registered under the new law, but the Prosperity Party remains the dominant party in the political landscape.