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Ethiopia
  • English
    …
    2. Members of the House shall be elected from candidates in each electoral district by a plurality of the votes cast. Provisions shall be made by law for special representation for minority Nationalities and Peoples.
    3. Members of the House, on the basis of population and special representation of minority Nationalities and Peoples, shall not exceed 550; of these, minority Nationalities and Peoples shall have at least 20 seats. Particulars shall be determined by law.
    … (Art. 54)
  • Amharic
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    2. የምክር ቤቱ አባላት በአንድ የምርጫ ክልል ውስጥ ከሌሎች ተወዳዳሪዎች መካከል አብላጫ ድምጽ ያገኘ ተወዳዳሪ አሸናፊ በሚሆንበት የምርጫ ሥርዓት ይመረጣሉ፡፡ የተለየ ውክልና ያሰፈልጋቸዋል ተብሎ የታመነባቸው አናሳ ብሔረሰቦች እና ሕዝቦች በምርጫ የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት አባል ይሆናሉ፡፡ ዝርዝሩ በሕግ ይወሰናል፡፡
    3. የምክር ቤቱ አባላት ቁጥር የሕዝብ ብዛትንና በልዩ ትኩረት ውክልና የሚሰጣቸው አናሳ ብሔረሰቦችና ሕዝቦችን ቁጥር መሰረት በማድረግ 550 የማይበልጥ ሆኖ ከዚህ ውስጥ አናሳ ብሔረሰቦች 20 የማያንስ መቀመጫ ይኖራቸዋል፡፡ ዝርዝሩ በሕግ ይደነግጋል፡፡
    … (አንቀጽ 54)