2020 Ethiopian general election

General elections were supposed to be held in Ethiopia on 29 August 2020 to elect officials to the House of Peoples' Representatives,[1] but were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Regional and council elections were also planned to be held at the same time around the country.[3]

2020 Ethiopian general election

TBD 2020
All 547 seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives 274 seats needed for a majority
Leader Abiy Ahmed Debretsion Gebremichael Berhanu Nega Party Prosperity Party TPLF EZEMA Last election 512 seats 38 seats New party Current seats 512 38 New party Seats needed 236 274   Leader Merera Gudina Dawud Ibsa Ayana Mohammed Omar Osman Party Medrek Oromo Liberation Front Ogaden National Liberation Front Last election 0 seats 0 seats New party Current seats 0 0 New party Seats needed 274 274 274
Incumbent Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed EPRDF

The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, the political coalition which had dominated Ethiopian politics since the overthrow of the Derg regime in 1991, was dissolved on 1 December 2019. Most of its member parties were merged into the Prosperity Party, which inherited the EPRDF's role as the governing party. The last leader of the EPRDF, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, became the first leader of the new party. The Tigray People's Liberation Front was the only constituent party that did not take part in the merger, and will participate in the elections as a separate party.