Anamulenge Constituency
Electoral constituency in the Omusati region of northern Namibia
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Anamulenge Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia. It had 11,186 registered voters in 2020[update].[1] Its district capital is the settlement of Anamulenge.
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Anamulenge Constituency covers an area of 354 km2 (137 sq mi). It had a population of 13,410 in 2011, up from 12,617 in 2001.[2] The Onhokolo settlement belongs to the constituency.[3]
Politics
Anamulenge is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Aipinge Joseph Kanyenye Aluvilu won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[4]
In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Werner Kalipi won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[5] The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a landslide. Tylves Angala obtained 3,664 votes, followed by independent candidate Erphas Heita with 361 votes and Joseph Shiningayamwe of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 241 votes.[6]
2024 general election
Presidential
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah | SWAPO | 7,127 | 86.01 | |
| Panduleni Itula | IPC | 995 | 12.01 | |
| Job Amupanda | AR | 80 | 0.97 | |
| McHenry Venaani | PDM | 26 | 0.31 | |
| Jan Mukwiilongo | NEFF | 18 | 0.22 | |
| Thomas Festus | BCP | 13 | 0.16 | |
| Bernadus Swartbooi | LPM | 7 | 0.08 | |
| Erastus Shuumbwa | ADM | 4 | 0.05 | |
| Vaino Amuthenu | CoD | 3 | 0.04 | |
| Evilastus Kaaronda | SWANU | 3 | 0.04 | |
| Ambrosius Kumbwa | APP | 3 | 0.04 | |
| Henk Mudge | RP | 3 | 0.04 | |
| Hendrik Gaobaeb | UDF | 2 | 0.02 | |
| Mike Kavekotora | RDP | 2 | 0.02 | |
| Total | 8,286 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 8,286 | 98.28 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 145 | 1.72 | ||
| Total votes | 8,431 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,514 | 88.62 | ||
| Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia | ||||
National Assembly
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWAPO | 6,909 | 84.23 | |
| IPC | 855 | 10.42 | |
| AR | 277 | 3.38 | |
| PDM | 38 | 0.46 | |
| NEFF | 34 | 0.41 | |
| BCP | 27 | 0.33 | |
| SWANU | 14 | 0.17 | |
| NEFC | 11 | 0.13 | |
| LPM | 8 | 0.10 | |
| UDF | 7 | 0.09 | |
| UPM | 6 | 0.07 | |
| CoD | 5 | 0.06 | |
| NPF | 4 | 0.05 | |
| RDP | 3 | 0.04 | |
| RP | 2 | 0.02 | |
| APP | 1 | 0.01 | |
| NDP | 1 | 0.01 | |
| NUDO | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Total | 8,203 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | 8,203 | 97.90 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 176 | 2.10 | |
| Total votes | 8,379 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,514 | 88.07 | |
| Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia | |||
