Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement

Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement

The Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (SEPDM) is a political party in Ethiopia. At the last legislative elections, 15 May 2005, the party was part of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, that won 327 out of 527 seats in the Council of People's Representatives. [ [http://www.ethiopar.net/English/hopre/hormemb.html Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives Website] ]

In the August 2005 Regional assembly elections, the party won 271 out of 348 seats in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region. [ [http://africanelections.tripod.com/et_2005state.html African Elections Database] ] The SEPDM announced 13 December 2007 that in the next election cycle that they would field 790,000 candidates for races for offices in woreda and kebele councils, town administration and the House of Peoples' Representatives. [ [http://www.waltainfo.com/EnNews/2007/Dec/13Dec07/40739.htm "SEPDM to field over 790,000 candidates for upcoming election"] (Walta Information Center)]

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