Parliamentary elections were held on May 23 in Ethiopia. The ruling Ethiopian People・s Revolutionary Democratic Front has won 499 seats with allied parties winning 35 seats. Opposition parties have won just 1 seat. Opposition groups have rejected the results. The United States and the European Union have both criticized the election as falling short of international standards.
Ruling party won in landslide; coalition of six parties says election was rigged
Government says ruling party's landslide victory reflects will of the people, opposition says election stolen
Ruling party says it will include opposition in matters of mutual interest
Ethiopian Democratic Party, which was once the most active opposition party in parliament, concedes defeat
Ethiopia・s ruling party official says the EPRDF will cooperate with opposition groups to strengthen democracy
Medrek Coalition calls for rerun of elections
Parties call for new elections, accusing ruling party of intimidation, fraud, harassment and violence
US says it will continue to engage Ethiopia, but that Addis Ababa must take steps to improve democratic institutions
Says democracy surface ：trappings； ignore fundamental rights and freedoms.
Election results show ruling party, allies winning nearly every seat in parliament
European Union observers say Ethiopia's recent elections fell short of international standards and were marred by harassment, fear
Human Rights Watch, Ethiopian opposition parties say legitimacy of election was 'undermined' by voter intimidation leading up to electio
Almost every major opposition leader appears to have been defeated
Ethiopia・s communications minister says Sunday・s vote was transparent
As results begin to pour in, ruling party spokesman cautiously predicts turnout of up to 90 percent of country's 32 million voters
However, leaders of the main opposition coalition, Medrek, say their observers have been denied access to polling stations
A record 27 million Ethiopians are expected to vote in this contest for seats in the 547 member parliament
Opposition groups charge the electoral system is stacked against them
But analysts say the political process is too centralized and underdeveloped
But opponents say the system favors the ruling party
Protesters recently marched to White House, demanding US pressure for release of jailed Ethiopian opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa
Opposition is crying foul
Five years after winning parliamentary seat, Merera Gudina feels like an outsider challenging the ruling party in Sunday's elections
Sunday is first Ethiopia's parliamentary election since 2005 vote that ended in disputed outcome, violence
Communications minister says allegations to the contrary, part of opposition campaign to discredit this week-end・s national poll
Dilemma for US remains to simultaneously try to promote democracy and stability in Horn of Africa
Ethiopians go to the polls in less than a week to elect their representatives in national and regional parliaments.
Africa experts say Obama administration has little leverage
It will be the first nationwide vote since flawed 2005 election that ended in violence
Most analysts expect ruling party to win easily in Oromia region, where it controls almost every aspect of Ethiopians' lives.
They say it will be unlike the volatile vote in 2005, due to a diminished opposition and a ruling party totally in control
Ethiopia's ruling party promised to hold one of the country's most fair and transparent polls ever
Integrity of ballot-counting process shaping up as key area of contention
Former US Ambassador says Ethiopia vote won・t be Controversial
Merera Gudina's Oromo is accused of arranging killing of policeman in hopes of inciting violence in Oromia region
Communications minister Bereket Simon says the EPRDF-led government has expanded the democratic space in many ways since 2005
Opposition leaders and ruling party officials agree four people have been killed in three separate incidents in recent days in Oromia
Former rebel group, now ruling party, faces electoral challenge in its stronghold, Tigray
Eritrean official says latest Ethiopian accusation a diversion ahead of 23 May elections
With three weeks to go before Ethiopia elects new parliament, one opposition candidate murdered
Committee to Protect Journalists says that journalists have not been formally charged since arrests
