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Voters queue to cast their ballots outside a polling station at Shalla Park in Addis Ababa, on June 1, 2026, during the 2026 Ethiopian parliamentary elections. [AFP]
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party (PP) won a landslide victory in legislative polls held on June 1, the election commission said Sunday, giving it almost 90 per cent of the seats.
Abiy has led Ethiopia since 2018, and is increasingly criticised for growing authoritarianism, in contrast to his early years when he won the Nobel Peace Prize for mending relations with neighbouring Eritrea.
The PP was considered the overwhelming favourite in the country of 130 million, facing a divided opposition that did not field candidates in many constituencies.
