ቀሪዎቹ አምስቱ የኢሕአዴግ አባል ባይሆኑም የኢሕአዴግ አጋር በሆኑ የየክልሉ የዘውግ ፓርቲዎች ይመራሉ።
Member parties of the EPRDF govern four of the nine ethnically federated regional states; the remaining five states are administrated by the respective ethnic-based parties that share the same ideology with EPRDF albeit they are not part of the coalition.