Ompundja Constituency

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Ompundja Constituency (red) in the Oshana Region

Ompundja Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 2,520 registered voters in 2020. [1] Its constituency office is situated in Enguwantale. [2]

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Geography

The area is part of the Cuvelai Basin and dominated by flood plains which become swamps during the raining season. [3] Ompundja Constituency covers an area of 466 km2 (180 sq mi). It had a population of 4,659 in 2011, up from 4,448 in 2001. [4]

Economy and infrastructure

The district road D3607 is the access road to Ompundja constituency. There are no other proclaimed roads in the constituency; transport is done on tracks that frequently become impassable during the raining season. [3] The main economic activity is subsistence agriculture. [2]

Politics

Ompundja constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) party. The constituency's councillor is SWAPO politician Adolf Uunona [ de ], who has been serving in this role since 2004 [5] when he received 1,686 of the 1,697 votes cast in the that year's regional election. [6]

In the 2015 Namibian regional elections, Uunona won uncontested and remained councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate. [7] Uunona was again reelected in the 2020 Namibian regional elections, winning with 1,196 votes over Abner Mumbala of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 213 votes. [8]

Uunona rose to international attention in 2020 when news media reported that his full name was Adolf Hitler Uunona, named after German dictator Adolf Hitler. [9] [10] [11] Uunona stated in response that, "My father gave me this name Adolf Hitler, but it does not mean I have Adolf Hitler's character". [5] Uunona legally changed his name in 2025 to just "Adolf Uunona", dropping "Hitler" from his name out of a desire to not be associated with the German dictator. [12]

Uunona won re-election in November 2025. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Ompundja Constituency". Oshana Regional Council, Government of Namibia . Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 Iikela, Sakeus (17 November 2022). "Flood-prone Uuvudhiya, Ompundja beg for roads". The Namibian . p. 5.
  4. ↑ "Chapter 2: Population Structure, Composition and Density" (PDF). Oshana 2011 Census Regional Profile. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 4. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 Ndeyanale, Eliaser (7 December 2020). "Adolf Hitler defends his name". The Namibian . p. 1. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "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. 7.
  7. ↑ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian . Archived from the original on 24 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Publication of results and particulars in respect of general elections for Regional Councils: Electoral Act, 2014" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 7654. Government of Namibia. 8 October 2021. p. 18.
  9. ↑ "Namibia: Man named after Adolf Hitler wins local election". BBC News . 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Schlechter Scherz? Adolf Hitler sitzt 2020 im Landrat" [Bad joke? Adolf Hitler sits on the district administrator in 2020]. Euronews Deutsche (in German). 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  11. ↑ AfricaNews (3 December 2020). "Politician Named after Adolf Hitler Wins Election In Namibia". Africanews . Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  12. ↑ Nembwaya, Hileni (26 November 2025). "Namibia's 'Adolf Hitler' changes birth name". The Namibian . Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  13. ↑ Khota, Faheem (2 December 2025). "Adolf Hitler just won his fifth election in Namibia". IOL. Retrieved 1 December 2025.

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