This article lists political parties in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has a multi-party parliament. The legislature was mostly dominated by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, until it was succeeded by the Prosperity Party in December 2019. The latest general election would have taken place in August 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The most recent general election took place in 2021.
| Party | Political positions | Ideology | Created | House | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosperity Party Amharic: ብልጽግና ፓርቲ|Bilit͟s’igina Paritī Oromo: Paartii Badhaadhiinaa Somali: Xisbiga Barwaaqo | Centre | 2019 | ||||
| National Movement of Amhara Amharic: የአማራ ብሔራዊ ንቅናቄ|translit=Ye’āmara Biḥērawī Nik’inak’ē | Centre-right to right-wing | Amhara self-determination Ethnic nationalism Liberalism | 2018 | |||
| Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዜጎች ለማህበራዊ ፍትህ|translit=Ye-Ïtiyop'iya Zēgochi Le-mahiberawī Fitih | Centre | Liberalism Ethiopian nationalism | 2019 | |||
| bgcolor=black | Gedeo People's Democratic Party | Gedeo interests Regionalism | 1992 | |||
| Tigray People's Liberation Front Tigrinya: ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ|Ḥəzbawi Wäyanä Ḥarənnät Təgray | Left-wing | 1975 | ||||
National parties without members of parliament [2] include:
| Freedom and Equality Party | Amharic ነጻነትና እኩልነት ፓርቲ | Moderate liberalism | Established in 2019 | |
| Amharic የመላው ኢትዮጵያውያን ብሔራዊ ንቅናቄ | N/A | |||
| Amharic መላ ኢትዮጵያ ሶሻሊስት ንቅናቄ | Oldest communist party in Ethiopia. Member of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces[3] | |||
| Balderas Party | Amharic ባልደራስ ፓርቲ | LiberalismEthiopian nationalism | Founded by political activist Eskinder Nega in 2019 | |
| ? | Coalition of former separatist groups. | |||
| Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ዜጎች ለማኅበራዊ ፍትህ; ye-Ïtiyop'iya zēgochi le-mahiberawī fitih | Created through the merger of 7 opposition parties. | |||
| ? | N/A | Former member of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy. | ||
| Amharic ከኢትዮጵያዊያን ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ | Member of Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice. | |||
| Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Medrek) | Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ | Officially a coalition of 5 parties. | ||
| Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ | Former communist party. | |||
| Amharic ኢትዮጵያ ማህበረ-ዴሞክራሲ ፌደራላዊ ፓርቲ | Former member of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces. | |||
| ? | N/A | Political organisation. | ||
| ? | Oromo militant party. | |||
| ? | N/A | Formed by soldiers from the army of Mengistu Haile Mariam. | ||
| ? | Formed in 2012 from merger of OPC with OFDM. | |||
| ? | N/A | Former member of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy. | ||
| ? | Sidama militant group. | |||
| ? | Former separatist group. | |||
| Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራሊስት ኃይሎች ጥምረት | Political coalition. |
| Amharic yemelawi āmara hizibi dirijiti | 1993 | Former member of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces. | |||
| ? | Former militant group turned political party. | ||||
| Afar Qafar Uguugumoh Demokrasiyyoh Inkiinoh Fooca | Afar militant party. | ||||
| early 2000s | |||||
| Oct 2019 | Irob based party | ||||
| Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አርበኞች ግንባር | N/A | Rebel group formerly active in Eritrea. | |||
| ? | c. 1993 | Part of the Ethiopian People's Patriotic Front. | |||
| Amharic የሐረሪ ሕዝብ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓረቲ | Harari minority party. | ||||
| Jun 2018 | |||||
| Somali Jabhadda Wadaniga Xoreynta Ogaadeenya | Somali militant organisation. | ||||
| Oromo Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo | Dec 1973 | Oromo armed movement and party. | |||
| Amharic የሸኮና መዠንገር ህዝቦች ዴሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር | Sheko and Mezenger minority party. | ||||
| ? | A coalition from the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region. | ||||
| Tigray for Democracy & Justice Party | ? | Tigrinyan opposition party against the TPLF. | |||
| Tigrinya: ትግራይ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ | Dec 2019 |
| ? | Merged into Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice. | |||
| ? | Merged into the Prosperity Party. | |||
| Amharic የአፋር ብሔራዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ | Merged into the Prosperity Party. | |||
| Amharic አማራ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ | Merged into the Prosperity Party. | |||
| Amharic የአርጎባ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲዊ ንቅናቄ | Argoba minority party. | |||
| Amharic የቤንሻንጉልና ጉሙዝ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲዊ አንድነት | Merged into the Prosperity Party. | |||
| ? | Somali ethnic party. | |||
| Amharic የሶማሌ ዴሞክራሲዊ ፓርቲ | Merged into the Prosperity Party. | |||
| Amharic የጋምቤላ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲያዊ ንቅናቄ | Merged into the Prosperity Party. | |||
| Harari ዚሐረሪ መሐዲያ ሊግ | Merged into the Prosperity Party. | |||
| ? | Merged into the Prosperity Party. | |||
| ? | Former Oromo ethnic party. Merged with OFDM in 2012, creating OFC. | |||
| Oromo Warraaqsa Federaalistii Uummata Oromoo | 2005–2012; Oromo party. Merged with OPC to create OFC. | |||
| ? | Semi-clandestine group within the TPLF. | |||
| Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር | De facto predecessor to the Prosperity Party. | |||
| Amharic አብዮታዊ ሰደድ | Political organisation led by Mengistu Haile Mariam. | |||
| ? | Early DERG-era organisation. | |||
| ? | DERG-era predecessor to the Oromo Liberation Front. | |||
| ? | Early DERG-era organisation. | |||
| ? | Minor predecessor to the Workers Party of Ethiopia. | |||
| ? | N/A | Former member of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy. | ||
| Amharic yaʼityoṗyā saretoʼadaroc̆ pārti ʼadarāj komišen | Main predecessor of the Workers Party of Ethiopia. | |||
| Workers' Party of Ethiopia | Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ሠራተኞች ፓርቲ | Former ruling party. | ||
| ? | Merged into Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice. | |||
| Ge'ez : ቅንጅት ለአንድነት እና ዴሞክራሲ | Former coalition. | |||
| ? | Formed by former arch-rivals MEISON and Ihapa. | |||
| Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ዴሞክራሲዊ ኃይሎቸ ሕብረት | Former coalition. | |||
| ? | Helped form the Ethiopian Democratic Party. | |||
| ? | Nuer interests | Formed due to mass displacement of Nuer people. | ||
| ? | Former rebel group. | |||
| ? | Former Gadabuursi clan paramilitary group. | |||
| ? | Somali nationalism Issa interests Gurgura interests | Former clan-based rebel group. |
1. In 2022, a party of the same name sent in application for a registration license, it was denied by The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) in August of the same year.[4]