Ethiopian general election, 1995

The parliamentary elections in Ethiopia in 1995 were the first elections since the establishment of the People's House of Representatives and at the same time the first general election ever in the history of Ethiopia.

After the dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam fled the country, a national conference was convened in July 1991, which led to the Transitional Government of Ethiopia. The elections were organized on 5 January 1995 by the National Electoral Council of Ethiopia and extended from May 7 to 18 et 28 June 1995 back. The elections in the regions of Afar, Somali and Harar were delayed until 28 June to raise experienced staff for resolving potential conflicts and irregularities.

Although it was the first multi-party Parlamentswahlahl Ethiopia, numerous opposition parties boycotted the parliamentary elections, including the Oromo Liberation Front, the All- Amhara People's Organization and the existing since 1974 Ethiopian Democratic Unity Party.

Results

The political coalition Revolutionary Democratic Front of the Ethiopian peoples composed of four parties, from the People's Liberation Front of Tigray, the National Democratic Movement of Amhara, the Democratic Organization of Oromovolkes and the Democratic Movement of Südäthiopischen peoples, the elections to the Ethiopian Parliament won hands down. Only 46 of the 548 parliamentary seats fell to the opposition, 11 were not registered to vote and 8 were non-party deputies.