Argoba Nationality Democratic Organization Explained

Argoba National Democratic Organization

Dissolved:

c. 2010

Merged:

APDO

Ideology:

Minority politics

Seats1 Title:

House of Peoples' Representatives (2000)

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Seats2 Title:

Special woreda (2008)

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Country:

Ethiopia

The Argoba National Democratic Organization (ANDO; am|የአርጎባ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲዊ ንቅናቄ) was a political party in Ethiopia. At the last legislative elections on 15 May 2005, the party elected Amine Endiris Ebrahim to represent a district in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region.^[1]

In local elections, the ANDO won two seats in the Afar Regional assembly in the 2000^[2] and again in the 2005 local elections.^[3] In the 2008 by-elections, the ANDO won all 65 seats (and control) of the Argobba special woreda, and 260 seats and control of 13 kebeles in that woreda.^[4]

Notes and References

http://www.ethiopar.net/English/hopre/hormemb.html Ethiopian House of Representatives Website
http://africanelections.tripod.com/et_2000state.html African Elections Database: 14 May & 31 August 2000 Regional State Council Elections in Ethiopia
http://africanelections.tripod.com/et_2005state.html African Elections Database: 15 May & 21 August 2005 Regional State Council Elections in Ethiopia
http://www.waltainfo.com/CurrentIssues/2008/May/election_results.htm "The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia Official Result of the Local and By-Elections Held on April 13 and April 20, 2008"