Ethiopia

Population Statistics

99,465,819

Total Population

14,919,873

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

07 July 2010

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1994)

Updated: June 2015

Article 38, section 1 states:

Every Ethiopian national, without any discrimination…has the following rights:…

  • (b) On the attainment of 18 years of age, to vote in accordance with law;
  • (c) To vote and to be elected at periodic elections to any office at any level of government; elections shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1994)

Proclamation to make the Electoral Law of Ethiopia Conform with the Constitution of the Federal ...

Updated: June 2015

Article 18 states:

Any Ethiopian who is 18 or more years old on the date of registration shall be eligible for registration as an elector…

 

Excerpt from the Proclamation to make the Electoral Law of Ethiopia Conform with the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia No. 11/1995 (1995, last amended 2005)