List of political parties in Namibia

Politics of Namibia


Constitution Constituent Assembly
Executive President Nangolo Mbumba President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Cabinet
Legislature National Council Chairman: Lukas Sinimbo Muha National Assembly Speaker: Peter Katjavivi
Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice: Peter Shivute
Administrative divisions Regions Constituencies
Elections Recent elections General: 2014 2019 2024 Regional: 2010 2015 2020 Political parties
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Peya Mushelenga Diplomatic missions of / in Namibia Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
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Namibia is a dominant-party state with the South-West Africa People's Organisation in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. In Namibian politics, ethnicity plays a significant role in party affiliation and voting behaviour. Some parties are dominated by single ethnic groups; SWAPO itself, its government, and administration, is pre-dominantly Ovambo.^[1]

Parties with parliamentary seats

Parties with seats in the National Assembly of Namibia after the 2024 elections:

Party^[2]		Abbr.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	Council	Assembly
	South West Africa People’s Organisation Afrikaans: Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie German: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation	SWAPO SWAVO	Vacant	Centre-left	Socialism with Namibian characteristics^[3]	28 / 42	51 / 104
	Independent Patriots for Change	IPC	Panduleni Itula		Grassroots democracy	2 / 42	20 / 104
	Affirmative Repositioning	AR	Job Amupanda	Left-wing	Marxism-leninism Pan-africanism	0 / 42	7 / 104
	Popular Democratic Movement Afrikaans: Populêre Demokratiese Beweging	PDM	McHenry Venaani	Centre-right	Conservatism Economic liberalism	2 / 42	5 / 104
	Landless People's Movement	LPM	Bernadus Swartbooi	Centre-left to left-wing	Social democracy Progressivism Land reform Environmentalism	6 / 42	5 / 104
	United Democratic Front	UDF	Apius Auchab		Damara interests	2 / 42	1 / 104
	Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters	NEFF	Epafras Mukwiilongo	Far-left	Marxism–Leninism Pan-Africanism Anti-capitalism	0 / 42	1 / 104
	South West Africa National Union	SWANU	Tangeni Iiyambo	Left-wing	Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism	0 / 42	1 / 104
	Republican Party German: Republikanische Partei	RP	Henk Mudge	Right-wing	Conservatism Christian democracy	0 / 42	1 / 104
	National Unity Democratic Organisation	NUDO	Esther Muinjangue	Centre-right	Herero interests	1 / 42	1 / 104
	All People's Party	APP	Ignatius Shixwameni	Centre-left	Social democracy	0 / 42	1 / 104
	National Democratic Party	NDP	Martin Lukato			0 / 42	1 / 104
	Body of Christ Party	BCP	Festus Thomas	Right-wing	Christian democracy	0 / 42	1 / 104

Unrepresented parties

The following parties contested the 2019 parliamentary elections but did not gain a seat, in the order of votes obtained:^[2]

Action Democratic Movement Party (ADM)
Christian Democratic Voice (CDV)
Congress of Democrats (CoD)
National Empowerment Fighting Corruption (NEFC)
National Patriotic Front (NPF)
Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)
United People's Movement (UPM)
Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP)

Parties of local relevance

The following parties did not contest the 2019 general elections but took part in the 2020 local authority election, and gained seats:^[4]

Gobabis Residents' Association, 1 seat in Gobabis
Karibib Ratepayers Association, 1 seat in Karibib
Monitor Action Group, 1 seat in Outjo
Okahandja Rate Payers Association, 1 seat in Okahandja
Omaruru Community Development Association, 1 seat in Omaruru
Rehoboth Independent Town Management Association, 1 seat in Rehoboth
United People's Movement (UPM), 1 seat in Rehoboth
Rundu Concerned Citizens Association, 1 seat in Rundu
Rundu Urban Community Association, 1 seat in Rundu
Swakopmund Residents Association, 2 seats in Swakopmund
Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association, 1 seat in Walvis Bay

Defunct parties

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2018)

National parties

Local parties

Civic Association of Henties Bay

Banned parties

United Democratic Party^[5]

References

^ Düsing, Sandra (2002). Traditional Leadership and Democratisation in Southern Africa: A Comparative Study of Botswana, Namibia, and Southern Africa. Studien zur Politikwissenschaft. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 125–126. ISBN 9783825850654.
^ ^a ^b Iikela, Sakeus (2 December 2019). "Reduced victory ... Swapo, Geingob drop votes". The Namibian. p. 1.
^ "Socialism with Namibian characteristics". Namibian Sun. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
^ "2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 29 November 2020. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ Staff writer (11 September 2006). "Caprivi Political Party Declared Illegal". IRIN (via afrol News). Retrieved 25 March 2011.

v t e Political parties in Namibia
Parliament	SWAPO (51) Independent Patriots for Change (20) Affirmative Repositioning (7) Popular Democratic Movement (5) Landless People's Movement (5) United Democratic Front (1) Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (1) SWANU (1) Republican Party (1) National Unity Democratic Organisation (1) All People's Party (1) National Democratic Party (1) Body of Christ Party (1)
Unrepresented	Action Democratic Movement Party Christian Democratic Voice Congress of Democrats National Empowerment Fighting Corruption National Patriotic Front Rally for Democracy and Progress United People's Movement Workers Revolutionary Party
Local parties	Gobabis Residents' Association, 1 seat in Gobabis Karibib Ratepayers Association, 1 seat in Karibib Monitor Action Group, 1 seat in Outjo Okahandja Rate Payers Association, 1 seat in Okahandja Omaruru Community Development Association, 1 seat in Omaruru Rehoboth Independent Town Management Association, 1 seat in Rehoboth United People's Movement, 1 seat in Rehoboth Rundu Concerned Citizens Association, 1 seat in Rundu Rundu Urban Community Association, 1 seat in Rundu Swakopmund Residents Association, 2 seats in Swakopmund Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association, 1 seat in Walvis Bay
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