Up to 550 seats in the House of People's Representatives. 

Chief of State: President Taye Atskeselassie AMDE (since 7 October 2024) 

Head of Government: Prime Minister Abiy AHMED (since 2 April 2018) 

Assembly: bicameral Federal Parliamentary Assembly (የፌዴራል ፓርላማ ምክር ቤት) comprised of a House of the People's Representatives (የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ የህዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት) that seats up to 550 individuals, and a House of Federation (የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት), which currently seats 153. 

The President is indirectly elected by the legislature. The House of People's Representatives nominates the candidate and the candidate must receive two-thirds of the vote in both Houses to secure the Presidency. Presidents serve 6-year terms and may be elected a maximum of twice.  

The Prime Minister is selected from the House of People's Representatives and is the leader of the majority party or coalition. 

Members of the House of People's Representatives are directly elected via a proportional representation system. At least 20 seats of the total of 550 are reserved for minority nationalities and peoples. Members serve 5-year terms with no term limits.  

Members of the House of Federation are selected by State Councils, or by direct election organized by State Councils. Each “Nation, Nationality, and People” of the country receives at least 1 representative in the House of Federation, with an additional member allocated for every 1 million in population of that group (Article 61.2 of the Constitution). Members serve 5-year terms. 

Candidate filing deadline: 24 February 2026 

Voter registration deadline: 22 April 2026 

All Ethiopian Unity Organization / የመላው ኢትዮጵያ አንድነት ድርጅት  

Balderas for Genuine Democracy / ባልደራስ ለእውነተኛ ዴሞክራሲ  

Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice Party (Ezema) / የኢትዮጵያ ዜጎች ለማኅበራዊ ፍትህ ፓርቲ  

Ethiopian Democratic Union / የኢትዮጵያ ዴሞክራቲክ ኅብረት  

Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Medrek) / የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ  

Ethiopian National Unity Party / የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ አንድነት ፓርቲ  

Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party / የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ  

Ethiopian Social Democratic Party / የኢትዮጵያ ሶሻል ዴሞክራቲክ ፓርቲ  

Freedom and Equality Party / ነፃነትና እኩልነት ፓርቲ  

Gogot for Gurage Unity and Justice Party / ጎጎት ለጉራጌ አንድነት እና ፍትህ ፓርቲ  

Hidase Party / ህዳሴ ፓርቲ  

National Bayto Abbay Tigray / ብሔራዊ ባይቶ ዓባይ ትግራይ  

National Movement of Amhara / የአማራ ብሔራዊ ንቅናቄ  

New Generation Party / አዲስ ትውልድ ፓርቲ  

Ogaden National Liberation Front / የኦጋዴን ብሔራዊ ነፃነት ግንባር  

One Ethiopia Democratic Party / አንድ ኢትዮጵያ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ  

Oromo Federalist Congress / የኦሮሞ ፌዴራላዊ ኮንግረስ  

Oromo Liberation Front / የኦሮሞ ነፃነት ግንባር  

Prosperity Party / ብልፅግና ፓርቲ  

Raya Rayuma Democratic Party / ራያ ራዩማ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ  

Wolayta People’s Liberation Movement / የዎላይታ ህዝብ ነጻነት ንቅናቄ  

Wollo Peoples Democratic Party / የወሎ ህዝቦች ዴሞክራያዊ ፓርቲ 

Population: 132,059,767 (2024 est.) 

Registered Voters: 50,514,155 (2026 est.) 

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index Score: 0.26 (2025) 

V-Dem Regimes of the World Classification: Electoral Autocracy (2025) 

Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.497, Low, Rank 180 (2023) 

Female Population: 65,892,477 (2024 est.) 

CEDAW Status: Signed 8 July 1980, Ratified 10 September 1981 

Gender Quota: n/a 

Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 202 out of 482 (41.9%) in the lower house and 32 out of 75 (42.7%) in the upper house 

Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 39.8 (2023) 

CRPD Status: Signed 30 March 2007, Ratified 7 July 2010 

Projected population with a disability: 21,129,563 (2024 est.) 

ElectionJudgments: Yes, one judgment