The Southern Ethiopia People's Democratic Coalition is an opposition
political coalition
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in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
based in the
. At the last
legislative
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elections
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held on 15 May 2005, the Coalition was part of the
United Ethiopian Democratic Forces that won 52 out of 527 seats in the
Council of People's Representatives
The House of Peoples' Representatives is the lower house of the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly. Located in the capital Addis Ababa, the House has 547 members. All are elected in theory for five-year term in single-seat constituencies. T ...
(CPR).
It was founded in March 1992, when a number of political parties formed a coalition, which included the Gurage People's Democratic Front, the Omotic People's Democratic Front, the Kaffa People's Democratic Union, the
Hadiya National Democratic Organization Hadiya may refer to :
* Hadiya Zone, a Zone in the Ethiopian Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR)
* Hadiya Sultanate, an ancient kingdom located in South Western Ethiopia
* Hadiyya language, a language spoken by the Hadiy ...
, the Yem National Democratic Movement, the Wolaita People's Democratic Front, the Sidama Liberation Movement, the Gedeo People's Democratic Organization, and
Burji People's Democratic Organization Burji can refer to
* Burji dynasty, a dynasty that ruled Egypt from 1382 until 1517
* Burji people, an ethnic group in Ethiopia and Kenya
* Burji language, a language spoken in Ethiopia and Kenya
* Burji special woreda, an administrative subdivisio ...
. In November of the same year, four more groups joined the coalition: the Dawro People's Democratic Movement, the Timbaro People's Democratic Union, the Omo People's Democratic Union, and the
Kabena Nationality Democratic Organization.
"ALPHABET SOUP 3 May 1995"
UNDP Unit for Ethiopia website (accessed 6 October 2009) In the 2003 session of the CPR, it held 2 seats.
See also
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References
1992 establishments in Ethiopia
Political parties established in 1992
Political party alliances in Ethiopia
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