2000 Ethiopian general election
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All 547 seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives 274 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
General elections were held in
In round one, held on 14 May, there were 20,252,000 registered voters, of whom 90% voted. the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) member parties captured 481 of the 524 seats in the national election. Independents won 10 seats and other parties won six. Six of the seven constituencies in the Hadiya Zone where elections were run, were won by the Hadiya National Democratic Organization (HNDO) led by Beyene Petros.
The second round was held on 31 August for the Somali Region alone, with 23 seats reserved for the region in the House of Peoples' Representatives and the 168 seats in the State Council. About 75% of the 1.15 million registered voters in the Region cast ballots. Announced results gave 19 of the seats to the SPDP, and the remaining four to independent candidates.
In the Regional elections, either the EPRDF or one of its member parties won the election except in
According to observers organized by
Serious election irregularities in the SNNPR
According to observers organized by
In its annual report on Human Rights, the US State Department stated that there were numerous credible reports that persons who supported or voted for opposition candidates were harassed. For example, there were credible reports that ruling party personnel withheld fertilizer and food aid in the SNNPR as retaliation for voters electing opposition candidates. According to the SEPDC, some of their supporters were suspended or dismissed from their jobs in retaliation, and some teachers in the SNNPR who served as SEPDC election observers found their salaries were withheld and were denied entry to summer update courses. many civil servants who supported the opposition were fired from their positions.[1]
Results
In round one, held on 14 May, there were 20,252,000 registered voters, of whom 90% voted.
The second round was held August 31 for the
In the Regional elections, either the EPRDF or one of its member parties won the election except in
Party | Seats | |
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Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party | 19 | |
Afar National Democratic Party | 8 | |
Benishangul-Gumuz People's Democratic Unity Front | 6 | |
Council of Alternative Forces for Peace and Democracy in Ethiopia | 4 | |
Gambela Peoples Democratic Front | 3 | |
Hadiya National Democratic Organization | 3 | |
Southern Ethiopia Peoples' Democratic Coalition | 2 | |
Ethiopian Democratic Party | 2 | |
Others | 6 | |
Independents | 13 | |
Total | 547 | |
Source: IPU |
References
- ^ a b c "Ethiopia: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices", Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, US State Department (accessed 9 July 2009)
- ^ a b c Ethiopia Parliamentary Chamber: Elections held in 2000, PARLINE database (accessed 20 October 2009)
- ^ Sarah Vaughan, "Ethnicity and Power in Ethiopia" Archived August 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (University of Edinburgh: Ph.D. Thesis, 2003), p. 196 n. 195
- ^ 14 May and 31 August 2000 Regional State Council Elections in Ethiopia