Introduction: Male attendance during antenatal care is promoted to be an important interventionrnto increase positive maternal health outcomes. This is because the attendance of men in antenatalrncare can play a vital role in ensuring safe pregnancy and skilled delivery. Despite efforts tornstimulate male attendance during antenatal care, few men in Ethiopia accompany their spouse tornantenatal care visits.rnObjective: The aim of this study was to assess male partner attendance to skilled antenatal carernand associated factors in Halaba Town, Sothern EthiopiarnMethod: Community based cross-sectional study was conducted on male partners whose womenrngave birth within 24 months prior to the survey. Stratified random sampling method was used tornget the total sample size of 370 participants. A pre-tested and structured questionnaire was usedrnto collect data. Data entry was carried out using EPI data version 3.1 and transferred to SPSSrnversion 23.0 for further analysis.rnResult: Only 24.9% male partners attended at least one skilled antenatal care visit. Respondentsrnwho were government employed (AOR:4.25;(95%CI:(1.2,14.9),whose spouse had secondaryrneducation(AOR:2.74; (95%CI:(1.4,7.23), who knew the recommended time for first ANCrnvisit(AOR:7.1;(95%CI:(3.73,13.5), aware about four ANC visits(AOR:2.8;95%CI;(1.15,6.86) andrnknowledgeable about ANC services (AOR:2.0;95%CI:(1.12,3.66) were positively associated withrnmale attendance skilled antenatal care. The most common reasons for not attending ANC werernbeing preoccupied with other jobs and considering pregnancy as women affair.rnConclusion: majority of male not attended skilled antenatal care. In order to improve malernattendance to skilled antenatal care, health education aimed at increasing men awareness aboutrnantenatal care services should be instituted by government bodies.rnKey words: Male partner, Attendance, antenatal care