Omuthiyagwiipundi Constituency

Electoral constituency in the Oshikoto region of northern Namibia

Omuthiyagwiipundi Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 21,884 inhabitants in 2004^[1] and 15,220 registered voters in 2020^[update].^[2] The constituency contains the settlements of Omuthiya and Iipundi. The area is predominantly rural.

Omuthiyagwiipundi constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Penda Ndakolo received 6,166 of the 6,301 votes cast.^[3]

As in all constituencies in Oshikoto, SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Samuel Panduleni Shivute gained 5,092 votes, while the only opposition candidate Epafras Nghinamundova of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) gained 239.^[4] Councillor Shivute (SWAPO) was re-elected with 3,759 votes in the 2020 regional election. The only opposition candidate, David Uusiku of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, obtained 2,113 votes.^[5]

References

↑ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
↑ "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
↑ "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.
↑ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 19. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
↑ "Publication of results and particulars in respect of general elections for Regional Councils: Electoral Act, 2014" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 7654. Government of Namibia. 8 October 2021. p. 20.

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