All 547 seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives 274 seats needed for a majority
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Meles Zenawi
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Meles Zenawi
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General elections were held in Ethiopia on 23 May 2010. The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) reported that a total of 29,170,867 people were registered to vote in this election.[1] There was a total of 4,525 candidates running for the open positions—which included 546 seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives; 1,349 of whom were members of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), 374 members of parties loosely aligned with the EPRDF, 2,798 members of opposition parties, and 4 independent candidates.[2]
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^"Number of Political Parties and Independent Candidates for Regional Councils /2010 General Election/"". Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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