Ethiopian prime minister's party easily wins parliamentary election


Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed votes during the parliamentary and regional elections at a polling centre in Jimma, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, June 1, 2026. Ethiopia News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

NAIROBI, June ⁠21 (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime ⁠Minister Abiy Ahmed's ‌Prosperity Party comfortably won another parliamentary majority in ​this month's elections, ⁠results released ⁠by the national election ⁠board on ‌Sunday showed.

Abiy's party ⁠was widely expected to dominate ​the ‌elections against a ⁠fragmented opposition.

Abiy, ​who was appointed in 2018 following ⁠mass protests against ​the long-ruling EPRDF coalition, created the Prosperity ⁠Party the following year.

The party won more than 90% of ​the available ⁠seats in the ​last parliamentary ‌elections in 2021.

(Reporting ​by Nairobi Newsroom;Editing by Alexander Winning)

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