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PM Wins Vote

Jul 5 , 2021

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has won a landslide victory for the parliamentary seat in Goma 2 Constituency, Oromia Regional State.

The premier garnered 76,892 votes from the 79,295 voters registered voters across 85 polling stations in the constituency.

The PM was running against Dagim Waarisoo of Enat Party and Kalid Jemal of EZEMA.

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