2015 Ethiopian general election

General elections were held in Ethiopia on 24 May 2015 to elect officials to the House of Peoples' Representatives. Regional Assembly elections were also held on this date.

2015 Ethiopian general election
24 May 2015 (2015-05-24)
All 547 seats to the House of Peoples' Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Hailemariam Desalegn
Party EPRDF ESPDP
Last election 499 24
Seats won 500 24
Seat change 1
Prime Minister before election

Hailemariam Desalegn
EPRDF

 Prime Minister

Hailemariam Desalegn
EPRDF

The result was a victory for the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which won 500 of the 547 seats. Allies of the EPRDF won the remaining seats. Only 5.1% of the valid votes (less than 1.7 million) went to opposition parties.

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