Ethiopia Releases Preliminary Results: Prosperity Party Wins 23 of 24 Seats, Opposition Takes One in Amhara

The National Election Board of Ethiopia released preliminary results from 24 constituencies on 9 June 2026, showing the ruling Prosperity Party winning all but one of the seats announced so far in federal parliamentary and regional council races. The sole opposition victory came in Gondar Zuria Constituency No.

4 in the Amhara region, where Tahir Mohammed Tahir of the National Movement of Amhara won the parliamentary seat.

Prosperity Party did not field a candidate in that constituency. Tahir secured about 26,000 votes from nearly 45,000 registered voters. Candidates from the Kimant Democratic Party, the Amhara Democratic Force Movement, and the Coalition for Ethiopia also contested the seat.

So far, 353 House seats and 463 regional council seats have been confirmed. Voting was held in 1,139 constituencies nationwide, including contests for 501 seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives. NEBE said it has verified results from 816 constituencies so far.

Results from the Halaba constituency in the Central Ethiopia Region and the Kebribeyah constituency in the Somali Region have not yet been received. Voting by internally displaced persons and members of the military was conducted on Tuesday, officials said.

Election officials stated that the results remain preliminary as verification, tabulation and reconciliation processes continue across the country.

NEBE said it would continue releasing constituency-level results as verification and tabulation are completed.