Ondangwa Urban

Ondangwa Urban is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 23,233 inhabitants in 2016[1] and 17,967 registered voters in 2020.[2] The constituency office is situated in Ondangwa.

Ondangwa Urban was created by splitting the former constituency of Ondangwa into a rural and an urban part in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election.[3]

Politics

Ondangwa is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.

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 (RDP) with 117 votes.[4][5] When Irimari was appointed governor of Oshana Region in March 2019,[6] a by-election was set for June. It was won by Leonard Negonga (SWAPO, 1,936 votes), ahead of independent candidate Angeline Immanuel (1,402 votes) and Johannes Martin of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA) with 326 votes.[7]

Councillor Negonga (SWAPO) was re-elected in the 2020 regional election with 2,921 votes. He won over Olavi Negonga of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 2,434 votes. Independent candidate Immanuel came third with 525 votes.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2016
  2. ^ "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. Retrieved 22 August 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ "Regional elections 2015". The Namibian. Regional Elections supplement. 1 December 2015. p. D2.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Ashipala, Nuusita (13 March 2019). "Councillor Irimari appointed as governor of Oshana". New Era. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Publication of results and particulars in respect of Ondangwa Urban Constituency by-election: Oshana Regional Council: Oshana Region: Electoral Act, 2014" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 6952. Government of Namibia. 15 July 2019. p. 14.
  8. ^ "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. 18.


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