Onyaanya Constituency

Onyaanya constituency (red) in the Oshikoto Region (yellow)

Onyaanya Constituency (until 1999 Okatope Constituency)[1] is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 13,474 inhabitants in 2004[2] and 11,434 registered voters in 2020.[3] Its district capital is the settlement of Onyaanya.

Politics

Onyaanya constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Henock Kankoshi received 6,329 of the 6,359 votes cast.[4] He was subsequently elected to represent Oshikoto Region in the National Council of Namibia.[5] Kankoshi was reelected in the 2010 regional elections and became governor of Oshikoto in 2015.[6]

In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[7] The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Gideon Shikomba received 4,023 votes, well ahead of Onesmus Kapuka of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, who obtained 1,063 votes.[3]

Education

Villages

  • Amuteya Village

See also

References

  1. ^ "Amendment of Proclamation No. 25 of 1 September 1992, as amended by Proclamation No. 16 of 31 August 1998" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 2233. Government of Namibia. 22 November 1999. p. 2.
  2. ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  3. ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  4. ^ "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. 9.
  5. ^ "Who's Who, Kankoshi, Henock Tangeni - Swapo". Namibian Institute for Democracy. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  6. ^ "President announces governors". The Namibian. 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  7. ^ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.

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