Ethiopia's election results being disseminated by contesting political parties through various mass media do not have the recognition of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), the board said Friday.

NEBE deputy head Tesfaye Mengesha said in a statement that the results of the election being announced by the political parties do not have the board's recognition.

NEBE is responsible for the administration, conduct and supervision of all elections in Ethiopia's federal and state constituencies.

He said the results of the elections would be made public in accordance with the time table set.

However, he said, there is no a law that prohibits the political parties to disclose the results by mentioning the areas, where they had won the election.

The results of the election would be disclosed at constituency level firstly after the results are collected from polling stations and are added together, Tesfaye said.

After these results are added together with the results of the higher learning institutions, it would be made public on June 8 following its approval by the board.

The first result would be disclosed at constituency level on May 21, Tesfaye said.

Observers say both ruling and opposition parties have been claiming victory based on projections from tallies drawn up by party monitors at individual polling stations at which results have been posted, adding that NEBE may have felt pressure to start releasing results because tensions have been raised by conflicting claims from the parties.

Ethiopians went to poll on Sunday in the country's two separate elections to elect representatives to the 547-seat House of People' s Representatives (HPR) and eight regional councils. Elections in southeastern Somali state will take place in August.

Ethiopia's has a two-house parliament: the 110-seat upper House of the Federation and the 547-seat lower House of People's Representatives.

Source: Xinhua