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Candidate landscape

Who stood for office in Ethiopia’s 6th and 7th general elections. Explore candidates by region, party, gender and disability, based on the candidate lists published by the National Election Board of Ethiopia.

National Election Board of Ethiopia

6th General Election Candidate Landscape

7,812 candidate rows across 9 regions, 18 published PDFs, and both HoPR and Regional Council contests.

Total candidates7,8121,821 HoPR / 5,991 RC
Women candidates1,69021.6% of parsed gender rows
Men candidates6,12278.4% of parsed gender rows
Candidates with disability811.0% of candidates
Regions included9All regions in this section

All Regions by Candidate Count

Every published region is shown, split by HoPR and Regional Council candidate lists.

1. Amhara
2,136
2. SNNP
1,469
3. Addis Ababa Admin.
1,091
4. Oromia
906
5. Sidama
798
6. Gambela
562
7. Afar
368
8. Dire Dawa Admin.
354
9. Benishangul-Gumuz
128
HoPRRegional Council

Top Parties by Candidate Count

Ranked from parsed party-name rows in the candidate PDFs.

1. ብልፅግና ፓርቲ2,261 (29.0%)
2. የኢ ትዮጵያ ዜጎች ለማኅበራዊ-ፍትህ ፓርቲ1,200 (15.4%)
3. እናት ፓርቲ544 (7.0%)
4. የአማራ ብሔራዊ ንቅናቄ463 (5.9%)
5. የመላው ኢ ትዮጵያ አንድነት ድርጅት435 (5.6%)
6. ነፃነትና እኩልነት ፓርቲ392 (5.0%)
7. ኅብር ኢ ትዮጵያ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ238 (3.0%)
8. የኢ ትዮጵያ ሶሻል ዲሞክራቲክ ፓርቲ201 (2.6%)
9. የሲዳማ አንድነት ፓርቲ180 (2.3%)
10. ባልደራስ ለእውነተኛ ዲሞክራሲ161 (2.1%)

Women Candidate Landscape

Regions ranked by number of women candidates.

1. Oromia327 women
2. Amhara296 women
3. Addis Ababa Admin.282 women
4. SNNP268 women
5. Sidama199 women
6. Gambela128 women
7. Dire Dawa Admin.103 women
8. Afar59 women
9. Benishangul-Gumuz28 women

Regional Detail Table

RankRegionTotalHoPRRCWomenWomen %Disability
1Amhara2,1367421,39429613.9%29
2SNNP1,4694201,04926818.2%16
3Addis Ababa Admin.1,09122386828225.8%15
4Oromia90626863832736.1%5
5Sidama7988970919924.9%2
6Gambela5621055212822.8%5
7Afar368333355916.0%5
8Dire Dawa Admin.3541733710329.1%4
9Benishangul-Gumuz128191092821.9%0
National Election Board of Ethiopia

7th General Election Candidate Landscape

10,438 candidate rows across 13 regions, 26 published PDFs, and both HoPR and Regional Council contests.

Total candidates10,4382,080 HoPR / 8,358 RC
Women candidates2,69125.8% of parsed gender rows
Men candidates7,74774.2% of parsed gender rows
Candidates with disability2752.6% of candidates
Regions included13All regions in this section

All Regions by Candidate Count

Every published region is shown, split by HoPR and Regional Council candidate lists.

1. South Ethiopia
1,497
2. Sidama
1,447
3. Oromia
1,446
4. Amhara
1,251
5. Addis Ababa Admin.
1,016
6. South West Ethiopia
754
7. Central Ethiopia
734
8. Somali
711
9. Afar
555
10. Benishangul-Gumuz
387
11. Gambela
343
12. Dire Dawa Admin.
222
13. Harari
75
HoPRRegional Council

Top Parties by Candidate Count

Ranked from parsed party-name rows in the candidate PDFs.

1. ብልፅግና ፓርቲ2,840 (27.2%)
2. ኢዜማ1,212 (11.6%)
3. ትብብር ለኢትዮጵያ አንድነት973 (9.3%)
4. ነፃነትና እኩልነት ፓርቲ808 (7.7%)
5. ሰላም ለኢትዮጵያ ጥምረት383 (3.7%)
6. ህዳሴ ፓርቲ314 (3.0%)
7. የዎላይታ ሕዝቦች ነጻነት ንቅናቄ269 (2.6%)
8. ባልደራስ ለእውነተኛ ዲሞክራሲ249 (2.4%)
9. የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ219 (2.1%)
10. የወሎ ህዝቦች ዲሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ212 (2.0%)

Women Candidate Landscape

Regions ranked by number of women candidates.

1. Oromia483 women
2. Amhara396 women
3. South Ethiopia332 women
4. Sidama305 women
5. Addis Ababa Admin.300 women
6. South West Ethiopia159 women
7. Afar151 women
8. Central Ethiopia148 women
9. Somali120 women
10. Benishangul-Gumuz106 women

Regional Detail Table

RankRegionTotalHoPRRCWomenWomen %Disability
1South Ethiopia1,4973141,18333222.2%52
2Sidama1,4471661,28130521.1%33
3Oromia1,44645898848333.4%45
4Amhara1,25149475739631.7%14
5Addis Ababa Admin.1,01621979730029.5%61
6South West Ethiopia7549565915921.1%21
7Central Ethiopia73416457014820.2%14
8Somali7116165012016.9%2
9Afar5554850715127.2%12
10Benishangul-Gumuz3873135610627.4%13
11Gambela34393349026.2%3
12Dire Dawa Admin.222132097634.2%4
13Harari758672533.3%1

Source: NEBE candidate list page. Retrieved 2026-06-12. Counts extracted from linked PDF candidate lists.