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List

Parliamentary parties

Other national parties

National parties without members of parliament include:

Other regional parties

Defunct parties

Notes

:1. In 2022, a party of the same name sent in application for a registration license, it was denied by The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) in August of the same year.

References

External links

List of registered political parties on the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs webpage
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