Ruling party takes almost 100 percent of Parliament in disaster for nascent Ethiopia democracy | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Ethiopia’s ruling party has secured a historic victory in the East African country’s May 24 general elections, with nearly 100 percent of the vote. The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and its regional allies won 546 of the 547 seats in Parliament, with the results for one seat still uncertain, election officials announced Tuesday, according…