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Al Jazeera · Qatar · Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party takes 438 of 547 seats, cementing control despite Tigray exclusion and Amhara unrest
Al Jazeera reported the PP landslide as reinforcing Abiy's hold on the federal state but flagged that Tigray's exclusion and voting disruptions in Amhara and Oromia mean that about a third of Ethiopia's population did not freely participate. Election monitors from the AU and EU issued a joint statement praising the administrative conduct while noting 'significant constraints on political competition' in conflict-affected regions.
“A third of Ethiopia's population in Tigray, Amhara, and parts of Oromia did not freely participate in elections monitors said were constrained.”