Uuvudhiya Constituency

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Uuvudhiya constituency (red) in the Oshana Region Wahlkreis Uuvudhiya (2014).svg
Uuvudhiya constituency (red) in the Oshana Region

Uuvudhiya Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. The constituency office is situated in Engombe. [1] Uuvudhiya Constituency had a population of 4,114 in 2011, down from 4,378 in 2001. [2]

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Geography

The constituency is by far the largest in Oshana region. It covers an area of 5,825 km2 (2,249 sq mi) [2] and is part of the Cuvelai Basin, including Lake Oponona, its largest lake. The area is dominated by flood plains which become swamps during the raining season. [3] [4]

Economy and infrastructure

The district road D3607 is the access road to Uuvudhiya constituency. There are no other proclaimed roads in the constituency; Transport is done on tracks that frequently become impassable during the raining season. [3]

Politics

Uuvudhiya constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Seblon Paulus received 2,099 of the 2,130 votes cast. [5] Councillor Paulus was reelected in the 2010 regional elections with 1,621 votes. His only challenger was Gabriel Jeremia of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) who received 19 votes. [6]

In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate. [7] For the 2020 regional election again no opposition candidate was fielded, [8] and Timoteus Shoopa a Shivute, the SWAPO candidate, was duly elected. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Uuvudhiya Constituency". Oshana Regional Council. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Chapter 2: Population Structure, Composition and Density" (PDF). Oshana 2011 Census Regional Profile. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 4. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 Iikela, Sakeus (17 November 2022). "Flood-prone Uuvudhiya, Ompundja beg for roads". The Namibian . p. 5.
  4. ↑ Shaanika, Helvy (30 August 2013). "Stricken cattle threaten lake". New Era . Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Results from the Electoral Commission of Namibia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  7. ↑ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian . Archived from the original on 24 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Nakale, Albertina (21 October 2020). "Uncontested constituencies reduced to 4 from 26". New Era . p. 1.
  9. ↑ "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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