Opuwo Urban Explained

Opuwo Urban is a constituency in the Kunene Region of Namibia. It comprises the townlands of Opuwo, which is also its administrative centre., it has 10,590 registered voters.^[1]

Opuwo Urban was created in August 2013. Following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election,^[2] the old Opuwo Constituency was split into Opuwo Urban and Opuwo Rural.^[3]

Politics

The 2015 regional election was narrowly won by Weich Muypa of the SWAPO Party with 2,431 votes. Ueutjerevi Ngunaihe of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) came second with 2,396 votes. Inyandisa Kavari of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) also ran and finished with 264 votes.^[4] In the 2020 regional election, Ngunaihe of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA) won with 2,611 votes. The sitting SWAPO councillor Mupya came second with 1,723 votes.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regional Council 2020 Election Results . . 18 January 2021 . Interactive map . 27 June 2021.
2. News: President divides Kavango into two. Nakale. Albertina. 9 August 2013. New Era. via allafrica.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20141022020857/http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two. 22 October 2014. Alt URL
3. News: Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992 . Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia . 5261 . 3–4 . . 9 August 2013 . pdf.
4. Web site: Regional Council Election Results 2015 . . 3 December 2015 . 11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208163948/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 . 8 December 2015 .