Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi won a contentious second term, according to results from May's election published on Tuesday, but the opposition again cried foul and promised a legal challenge.
Allegations of fraud during the poll in the Horn of Africa nation sparked protests and a military clampdown that left at least 36 people dead in June and thousands under arrest.
The constituency results announced by the national election board gave Meles' ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) 296 parliamentary seats - past the 274 it needs for a majority.
The election body released 57 new results on Tuesday bringing the total announced so far to 492 out of the 524 constituencies where polls were held in May 15.
Elections will be held in 23 constituencies in the remote Ethiopian state of Somali on August 21.
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