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A presidential election was held in Ethiopia on 7 October 2024 to elect its next president. [1] Diplomat and outgoing minister of foreign affairs Taye Atske Selassie was elected without contest to a six-year term amid tensions between former president Sahle-Work Zewde and prime minister Abiy Ahmed. [2]
Nominations were open until 6 August 2024. The new chair was elected at the 38th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February 2025 by the AU Assembly via a secret ballot. [6] Past chairpersons have hailed from western, central and southern regions of the African Union.
Under the current constitution, Ethiopia conducts local, regional, and federal elections. At the federal level, Ethiopia elects a legislature.The Federal Parliamentary Assembly has two chambers: the House of People's Representatives (ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet) with not more than 550 members as per the constitution but actually nearly 547 members, elected for ...
The twelfth general elections in Bangladesh were held on Sunday, January 7, 2024. The schedule was announced on November 15, 2023. [9] [10] According to the schedule, the last date for submission of nomination papers was November 30, and the date for scrutinizing them is December 1 to 4. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is December 17.
The European Union acknowledged the results of Bangladesh's parliamentary elections while expressing regret over the non-participation of all major parties. Emphasizing the importance of democratic values, human rights, and the rule of law in the EU-Bangladesh partnership , they called for a thorough investigation into reported election ...
The 2021 Ethiopian general election to elect members of the House of Peoples' Representatives was held on 21 June 2021 and 30 September 2021. Regional elections were also held on those dates. Regional elections were also held on those dates.
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According to early results released by the election board, the EPRDF was on course for victory, leading the vote count in all of Ethiopia's regions. [7] The chairman of the election board, Merga Bekana, announced that the EPRDF had "definitely" won the election following its lead in 9 of 11 regions that had reported results, including the former opposition-dominated region of Oromia.