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| Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn |
Ethiopia's ruling party and its allies won a large majority
in parliament, the country's election board said on Wednesday, based on an
early vote count in a weekend election in which opponents complained their
supporters were harassed.
Charges of abuse were
dismissed by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, leader of the Ethiopian
People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which has been in power for
almost 25 years. It was widely expected to sweep the vote.
The EPRDF and its allies
won 442 seats out of 547, according to a Reuters tally calculated after
election board Chairman Merga Bekana read out regional results so far. The
opposition won just one seat in the last parliament.
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