Oshikuku Constituency Explained

Oshikuku Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of Namibia. It had 8,089 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 9,701 registered voters .[2] Its district capital is the village of Oshikuku.

Politics

Oshikuku is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Petrus Endjambi. He received 2,947 of the 2,982 votes cast.[3]

In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Modestus Amutse 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. Matheus Gabriel obtained 3,815 votes, followed by Kassian Kanyemba of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 607 votes.[2]

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.statoids.com/yna.html Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. Web site: Regional Council 2020 Election Results . . 18 January 2021 . Interactive map . 30 October 2021.
  3. News: Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils . Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia . 3366 . 6 . . 3 January 2005 . pdf.
  4. News: Opposition parties are mosquitoes, says Kawana . . 26 October 2015 .