Ondangwa Constituency was an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia until August 2013. It had 29,783 inhabitants, its district capital was the town of Ondangwa. [1] Following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election, the constituency was split into Ondangwa Urban and Ondangwa Rural. [2]
Ondangwa constituency was traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Ismael Uugwanga received 8,412 of the 8,878 votes cast. [3]
The following people have served as councillors of Ondangwa constituency: [4]
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