Ohangwena Constituency

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Ohangwena constituency (red) in the Ohangwena Region of Namibia Wahlkreis Ohangwena (2014).svg
Ohangwena constituency (red) in the Ohangwena Region of Namibia

Ohangwena is a constituency in the Ohangwena Region of northern Namibia. It had 13,181 registered voters in 2020. [1] It is named after the settlement of Ohangwena, today part of the town Helao Nafidi. The constituency had a population of 17,468 in 2011, down from 17,887 in 2001. [2]

The constituency covers an area of 170 km2 (66 sq mi). [2] It is sharing boundaries with Oshikango Constituency on the North, Endola Constituency on the South, Omulonga Constituency on the Eastern part and Engela on the West. The constituency office is located at Onhuno location in the Helao Nafidi Town Council. [3]

Politics

As is common in all constituencies of former Owamboland, Namibia's ruling SWAPO Party has dominated elections since independence. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Usko Nghaamwa received 6,194 of the 6,243 votes cast. [4]

SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Its candidate Johannes Hakanyome gathered 5,778 votes, while the opposition candidates Jeremia Haufiku of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) and Lukas Mbabi of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), received 346 and 123 votes, respectively. [5] Councillor Hakanyome of SWAPO was reelected in the 2020 regional election, albeit by a smaller margin. He received 3,423 votes, followed by Vilho Shimuoshili, an independent candidate, with 1,644 votes. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Chapter 2: Population Structure, Composition and Density" (PDF). Ohangwena 2011 Census Regional Profile. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 4. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  3. Ohangwena Regional Council (15 May 2023). "OHANGWENA CONSTITUENCY".
  4. "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3366. Government of Namibia. 3 January 2005. p. 8.
  5. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 13. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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