2010 Ethiopian General Election
23 May 2010 · EPRDF hegemony · 547 seats, 274 for a majority
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front finished first with 499 of 547 seats. Turnout 93.4%.
The European Union, Human Rights Watch and the US State Department all found elections in this era, especially 2005 and 2015, fell short of free and fair, citing fraud, mass arrests and a media crackdown.
Prime Minister before
Meles Zenawi
EPRDF
Prime Minister (continued)
—
Largest force
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
499 of 547 seats
Turnout
93.4%
The result
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
+172 seats
499
seats
Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party
0 seats
24
seats
Benishangul-Gumuz People's Democratic Party
+1 seats
9
seats
Afar National Democratic Party
0 seats
8
seats
Gambela People's Democratic Movement
0 seats
3
seats
Argoba People's Democratic Organization
1
seats
Hareri National League
0 seats
1
seats
Medrek
1
seats
Coalition for Unity and Democracy
-109 seats
0
seats
Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement
-11 seats
0
seats
United Ethiopian Democratic Forces
-53 seats
0
seats
Independents
0 seats
1
seats