Ondangwa Urban

Ondangwa Urban constituency (red) in the Oshana Region (yellow)

Ondangwa Urban is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It was created in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election. It had 23,233 inhabitants in 2016[1] and 17,967 registered voters in 2020.[2] The constituency office is situated in Ondangwa.[3]

Politics

Ondangwa is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The following people, all SWAPO, have served as councillors of Ondangwa Urban (until 2013: Ondangwa) constituency:[4]

  1. Prinse Shiimi (1992–1998)
  2. Ismael Uugwanga (1999–2010)
  3. Alfeus Abraham (2011–2013)
  4. Elia Irimari (2014–2020)
  5. Leonard Egonga (since 2020)

The 2015 regional elections were won by Elia Irimari (SWAPO) with 1,518 votes, far ahead of Vincent Asser of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 232 votes and Anna Nikanor of the Rally for Democracy and Progress with 117 votes.[5][6] The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election, albeit by a much smaller margin. Leonard Negonga won with 2,921 votes over Olavi Negonga of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 2,434 votes. Independent candidate Angelina Immanuel came third with 525 votes.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2016
  2. ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. ^ Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era.
  4. ^ "Ondangwa Rural". Oshana Regional Council. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Regional elections 2015". The Namibian. Regional Elections supplement. 1 December 2015. p. D2.
  6. ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.


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