Election: Ethiopia
The President is elected by the House of Representatives to serve a 6-year term. In the the House of Federation 108 members are chosen by state assemblies to serve 5-year terms. In the the House of People's Representatives not more than 550 members of which minority Nationalities and Peoples shall have at least 20 seats are elected by direct vote to serve 5-year terms.
To read further about the Electoral Process please visit the National Election Board website.
Ethiopia Election: UNIFEM Factsheet
ELECTION DATE
23 May 2010
Elections for lower chamber or House of People’s Representatives; direct election by popular vote for 529 seats
ELECTION DATA
# of women in parliament:116/529 21.9% (no.51 in IPU rankings)
# of women candidates in 2010: 257/2174 (11.82%) down from 271 (14.69%) in 2005
Main parties:
- Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)-ruling coalition
-8 party coalition of the opposition known as the Medrek, or the Forum
Registered voters 29,170,867
# of registered women voters: 14,067,022
3 of registered male voters: 15,103,845
Legal & Regulatory Framework
Chapter 11 article 102(1) Ethiopia constitution; Consolidated version of the Election Laws of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Proclamation No. 111/1995, with amendments made by Proclamation NO. 438/2005
Political Parties Registration Proclamation, article 45 regulates the conditions under which Government support may be given to political parties and states including based on # of women candidates
UN MANDATE
UNDP basket fund – The Democratic Intuition Programme
UNIFEM ACTIVITIES
TBC
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS
African Union
European Union; Lead: Mr Thijs Berman, Member of the European Parliament (90 long term and 60 short term observers)
CONTACTS
Regional Programme Director(RPD
meryem.aslan@unifem.org
Ethiopia Election: UNIFEM Factsheet
ELECTION DATE
23 May 2010
Elections for lower chamber or House of People’s Representatives; direct election by popular vote for 529 seats
ELECTION DATA
# of women in parliament:116/529 21.9% (no.51 in IPU rankings)
# of women candidates in 2010: 257/2174 (11.82%) down from 271 (14.69%) in 2005
Main parties:
- Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)-ruling coalition
-8 party coalition of the opposition known as the Medrek, or the Forum
Registered voters 29,170,867
# of registered women voters: 14,067,022
3 of registered male voters: 15,103,845
Legal & Regulatory Framework
Chapter 11 article 102(1) Ethiopia constitution; Consolidated version of the Election Laws of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Proclamation No. 111/1995, with amendments made by Proclamation NO. 438/2005
Political Parties Registration Proclamation, article 45 regulates the conditions under which Government support may be given to political parties and states including based on # of women candidates
UN MANDATE
UNDP basket fund – The Democratic Intuition Programme
UNIFEM ACTIVITIES
TBC
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS
African Union
European Union; Lead: Mr Thijs Berman, Member of the European Parliament (90 long term and 60 short term observers)
CONTACTS
Regional Programme Director(RPD
meryem.aslan@unifem.org