FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 15 MAY 2005 =================================================================== Elections to the Council of People's Representatives (Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet) Source: National Election Board of Ethiopia website NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS =================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Amhara National Democratic Movement 2,533,790 13.0 75 B G People’s Democratic United Front 128,780 00.7 8 Ethiopian People's Rev Dem Front 160,306 00.8 1 Gambela People's Democratic Movement 87,958 00.4 3 Oromo People’s Democratic Organization 3,941,921 20.2 72 Southern Ethiopian People’s Dem Movement 1,697,100 08.7 82 Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front 1,425,932 07.3 38 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total government coalition 9,975,787 51.0 279 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Afar National Democratic Party 560,677 02.9 8 Coalition for Unity and Democracy 4,539,980 23.2 115 Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement 431,593 02.2 11 Somali People's Democratic Party 1,604,651 08.2 22 United Ethiopian Democratic Forces 1,699,466 17.8 57 Others 735,327 03.8 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total opposition 9,571,694 49.0 218 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Undeclared 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,547,481 547 ------------------------------------------------------------------- These results are incomplete, and do not always tally exactly with the provincial figures below. They should be seen as giving a general indication only. VOTES AND SEATS BY PROVINCE =================================================================== ADIS ABEBA (23 seats) =================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Coalition for Unity and Democracy 764,962 80.0 23 Ethiopian People's Rev Dem Front 139,941 14.6 - United Ethiopian Democratic Forces 17,370 01.8 - Others 34,768 03.6 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 957,041 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------- AFAR (8 seats) =================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Afar National Democratic Party 560,677 91.4 8 Coalition for Unity and Democracy 17,394 02.8 - Others 35,033 05.7 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 613,104 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- AMHARA (138 seats) =================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Coalition for Unity and Democracy 2,022,579 42.9 55 Amhara National Democratic Movement 2,533,790 53.8 75 United Ethiopian Democratic Forces 69,911 01.5 - Others 82,927 01.8 - Undeclared 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,709,207 138 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Amhara National Democratic Movement is part of the government coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front. BENISHANGUL GUMUZ (9 seats) =================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- B G People’s Democratic United Front 128,780 68.5 8 Coalition for Unity and Democracy 38,719 20.6 1 Others 20,419 10.9 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 187,918 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Benishangul Gumuz People’s Democratic United Front is part of the government coalition. DEBUB BIHEROCH (Southern Nations) (123 seats) =================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Coalition for Unity and Democracy 778,176 26.1 20 Southern Ethiopian People’s Dem Movement 1,697,100 56.9 82 United Ethiopian Democratic Forces 363,181 12.2 13 Others 145,141 04.9 2 Undeclared 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,983,598 123 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Southern Ethiopian People’s Democratic Movement is part of the government coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front. DIREDAWA (2 seats) =================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Coalition for Unity and Democracy 39,583 47.3 1 Ethiopian People's Rev Dem Front 13,141 15.7 - Others 30,891 36.9 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 83,615 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMBELA (3 seats) =================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gambela People's Democratic Movement 87,958 77.8 3 Others 25,055 22.2 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 113,013 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Gambela People's Democratic Movementis part of the government coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front. HARERI HIZB (2 seats) =================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Coalition for Unity and Democracy 14,620 32.1 - Ethiopian People's Rev Dem Front 15,224 33.4 1 Hareri National League 3,266 07.2 1 United Ethiopian Democratic Forces 10,515 23.1 - Others 1,936 04.2 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,561 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- OROMIA (178 seats) =================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Coalition for Unity and Democracy 838,214 12.7 15 Oromo People’s Democratic Organization 3,941,921 59.9 72 Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement 431,593 06.6 11 United Ethiopian Democratic Forces 1,236,153 18.8 44 Others 129,472 02.0 2 Undeclared 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,577,353 178 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Oromo People’s Democratic Organization is part of the government coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front. SOMALI (23 seats) =================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Somali People's Democratic Party 1,604,651 87.6 22 Others 226,418 12.4 - Undeclared 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,831,069 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------- TIGRAY (38 seats) =================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Coalition for Unity and Democracy 25,733 01.8 - Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front 1,425,932 97.6 38 United Ethiopian Democratic Forces 2,336 00.2 - Others 7,418 00.7 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,461,419 38 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front is part of the government coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front.