Ethiopia announces partial second round vote 

Ethiopian elections

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in the city of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, on June 21, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

What you need to know:

  • Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party secured a new five-year term in the first round in June by claiming 410 out of 436 contested seats in the federal parliament.
  • More than seven million voters can choose representatives for 47 federal parliamentary seats and 105 regional ones, electoral board spokeswoman Solyana Shimeles said Monday.
  • Ethiopia has 547 constituencies nationally, but the electoral board has written off plans to hold elections in Tigray, which is currently mostly under TPLF control.