1994 Namibian general election
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General elections were held in Namibia on 4 and 5 December 1994. Each registered voter could poll two votes, one for president (the first time a president was to be directly elected) and one for the National Assembly. Both elections were won by SWAPO, which won 53 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate, Sam Nujoma, won the presidential election by more than three-fourth of the polled votes.[1]
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4–5 December 1994
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| Turnout | 76.05% | ||||||||||||||||
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The elections were the first since Namibia's independence from South Africa.[2]
Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Nujoma | SWAPO | 370,452 | 76.34 | |
| Mishake Muyongo | Democratic Turnhalle Alliance | 114,843 | 23.66 | |
| Total | 485,295 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 485,295 | 97.55 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 12,213 | 2.45 | ||
| Total votes | 497,508 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 654,189 | 76.05 | ||
| Source: EISA | ||||
National Assembly
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWAPO | 361,800 | 73.89 | 53 | +12 | |
| Democratic Turnhalle Alliance | 101,748 | 20.78 | 15 | –6 | |
| United Democratic Front | 13,309 | 2.72 | 2 | –2 | |
| Democratic Coalition of Namibia | 4,058 | 0.83 | 1 | 0 | |
| Monitor Action Group | 4,005 | 0.82 | 1 | New | |
| SWANU | 2,598 | 0.53 | 0 | New | |
| Federal Convention of Namibia | 1,166 | 0.24 | 0 | –1 | |
| Workers Revolutionary Party | 952 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
| Appointed members | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 489,636 | 100.00 | 78 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 489,636 | 98.42 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 7,863 | 1.58 | |||
| Total votes | 497,499 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 654,189 | 76.05 | |||
| Source: EISA | |||||
By region
| Region | DCN | DTA | FCN | MAG | SWANU | SWAPO | UDF | WRP | |
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| Caprivi | 125 | 11,868 | 44 | 25 | 37 | 11,765 | 183 | 30 | |
| Erongo | 297 | 8,138 | 75 | 546 | 268 | 18,955 | 3,200 | 41 | |
| Hardap | 206 | 9,613 | 255 | 465 | 122 | 7,385 | 325 | 68 | |
| ǁKaras | 191 | 8,630 | 157 | 530 | 178 | 12,362 | 421 | 60 | |
| Kavango | 98 | 3,570 | 37 | 23 | 82 | 19,884 | 162 | 74 | |
| Khomas | 935 | 19,609 | 192 | 793 | 555 | 33,269 | 2,124 | 169 | |
| Kunene | 635 | 6,883 | 62 | 267 | 69 | 5,840 | 3,484 | 34 | |
| Ohangwena | 53 | 285 | 32 | 11 | 106 | 58,797 | 145 | 86 | |
| Omaheke | 328 | 10,562 | 69 | 432 | 435 | 6,054 | 194 | 35 | |
| Omusati | 31 | 179 | 15 | 12 | 139 | 70,564 | 189 | 86 | |
| Oshana | 146 | 1,509 | 28 | 14 | 116 | 50,722 | 171 | 57 | |
| Oshikoto | 80 | 2,412 | 38 | 128 | 160 | 43,275 | 591 | 92 | |
| Otjozondjupa | 825 | 15,870 | 130 | 657 | 240 | 15,137 | 1,839 | 92 | |
| Source: The Namibian[3] | |||||||||
