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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The ruling coalition captured a majority in parliamentary elections shadowed by fraud allegations and deadly violence, according to results released Tuesday by the National Electoral Board.
The latest round of results from the May 15 election were announced following weeks of investigations into allegations of vote rigging. National Electoral Board Chairman Kemal Bedri said that the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front won 296 seats in the 547-member body, and its allied parties won 22 seats. The total gives them more than enough seats to form Ethiopia's next government.
The largest opposition group, the Coalition for Unity and Democracy, won 109 seats, Kemal said. Another opposition group, the United Ethiopian Democratic Front, won 52 seats. Other parties won 13 seats.
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