Okatana Constituency Explained

Okatana Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 15,562 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 9,111 registered voters .[2] Its district capital is the settlement of Okatana.

Politics

Oktana constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election its candidate Clemens Kashuupulwa received 5,731 of the 5,858 votes cast.[3]

In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[4] The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin. Edmund Iishuwa obtained 3,477 votes, followed by George Uusiku of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 715 votes.[2]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituencies of Namibia, 2004 . Statoids.com . 2012-10-10.
  2. Web site: Regional Council 2020 Election Results . . 18 January 2021 . Interactive map . 6 November 2021.
  3. News: Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils . Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia . 3366 . 7 . . 3 January 2005 . pdf.
  4. News: Kangootui . Nomhle . . Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested . 23 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151024163513/http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=read&id=33153 . October 24, 2015 .