Ethiopians went to the polls on Monday in a vote widely expected to deliver a landslide victory for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his ruling Prosperity Party, with little visible campaigning and muted public enthusiasm in the capital Addis Ababa. The party won 96 percent of parliamentary seats in the last election in 2021 and is running uncontested in 64 of 547 constituencies this time, leaving opposition groups with no realistic path to power. The vote is overshadowed by ongoing ethnic conflicts in the Amhara and Oromia regions, where insurgent groups have threatened disruptions, while no voting will take place in Tigray (a northern region still unsettled after a devastating 2020–2022 civil war). Critics argue the exercise amounts to little more than a procedural ritual, as Ethiopia — Africa's second most populous nation — has seen successive ruling parties capture 90 to 100 percent of seats in nearly every election since 1991.