List of political parties in Namibia

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Namibia is a dominant-party state with the South-West Africa People's Organisation in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. In Namibian politics, ethnicity plays a significant role in party affiliation and voting behaviour. Some parties are dominated by single ethnic groups; SWAPO itself, its government, and administration, is pre-dominantly Ovambo.[1]

## Parties with parliamentary seats

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Parties with seats in the National Assembly of Namibia after the 2024 elections:

Party[2] | Abbr.  | Leader  | Political position  | Ideology  | Council | Assembly

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| South West Africa People’s Organisation
Afrikaans: Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie
German: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation | SWAPO
SWAVO  | Vacant | Centre-left | Socialism with Namibian characteristics[3] |

28 / 42

51 / 104

| Independent Patriots for Change | IPC  | Panduleni Itula |  | Grassroots democracy |

2 / 42

20 / 104

| Affirmative Repositioning | AR  | Job Amupanda | Left-wing | Marxism-leninism
Pan-africanism |

0 / 42

7 / 104

| Popular Democratic Movement
Afrikaans: Populêre Demokratiese Beweging | PDM  | McHenry Venaani | Centre-right | Conservatism
Economic liberalism |

2 / 42

5 / 104

| Landless People's Movement | LPM  | Bernadus Swartbooi | Centre-left
to left-wing | Social democracy
Progressivism
Land reform
Environmentalism |

6 / 42

5 / 104

| United Democratic Front | UDF  | Apius Auchab |  | Damara interests |

2 / 42

1 / 104

| Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters | NEFF  | Epafras Mukwiilongo | Far-left | Marxism–Leninism
Pan-Africanism
Anti-capitalism |

0 / 42

1 / 104

| South West Africa National Union | SWANU  | Tangeni Iiyambo | Left-wing | Democratic socialism
Left-wing nationalism |

0 / 42

1 / 104

| Republican Party
German: Republikanische Partei | RP  | Henk Mudge | Right-wing | Conservatism
Christian democracy |

0 / 42

1 / 104

| National Unity Democratic Organisation | NUDO  | Esther Muinjangue | Centre-right | Herero interests |

1 / 42

1 / 104

| All People's Party | APP  | Ignatius Shixwameni | Centre-left | Social democracy |

0 / 42

1 / 104

| National Democratic Party | NDP  | Martin Lukato  |  |  |

0 / 42

1 / 104

| Body of Christ Party | BCP  | Festus Thomas  | Right-wing | Christian democracy |

0 / 42

1 / 104

## Unrepresented parties

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The following parties contested the 2019 parliamentary elections but did not gain a seat, in the order of votes obtained:[2]

* Action Democratic Movement Party (ADM)
* Christian Democratic Voice (CDV)
* Congress of Democrats (CoD)
* National Empowerment Fighting Corruption (NEFC)
* National Patriotic Front (NPF)
* Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)
* United People's Movement (UPM)
* Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP)

## Parties of local relevance

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The following parties did not contest the 2019 general elections but took part in the 2020 local authority election, and gained seats:[4]

* Gobabis Residents' Association, 1 seat in Gobabis
* Karibib Ratepayers Association, 1 seat in Karibib
* Monitor Action Group, 1 seat in Outjo
* Okahandja Rate Payers Association, 1 seat in Okahandja
* Omaruru Community Development Association, 1 seat in Omaruru
* Rehoboth Independent Town Management Association, 1 seat in Rehoboth
* United People's Movement (UPM), 1 seat in Rehoboth
* Rundu Concerned Citizens Association, 1 seat in Rundu
* Rundu Urban Community Association, 1 seat in Rundu
* Swakopmund Residents Association, 2 seats in Swakopmund
* Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association, 1 seat in Walvis Bay

## Defunct parties

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2018)

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National parties

* Communist Party of Namibia
* Democratic Action for Namas
* Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN)
* Namibia African People's Democratic Organisation
* Namibian Democratic Movement for Change
* National Progressive Party
* Riemvasmaak United Party
* United Nama Independence People's Party
* United Namib Independence Party
* United Namibia People's Party

Local parties

* Civic Association of Henties Bay

Banned parties

* United Democratic Party[5]

## References

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1. ^ Düsing, Sandra (2002). Traditional Leadership and Democratisation in Southern Africa: A Comparative Study of Botswana, Namibia, and Southern Africa. Studien zur Politikwissenschaft. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 125–126\. ISBN 9783825850654.125-126&rft.pub=LIT+Verlag+Münster&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=9783825850654&rft.aulast=Düsing&rft.aufirst=Sandra&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=d879H9_-IZ0C&q;=swapo+dominated+by+ovambo&pg;=PA126&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+political+parties+in+Namibia" class="Z3988">
2. ^ a b Iikela, Sakeus (2 December 2019). "Reduced victory ... Swapo, Geingob drop votes". The Namibian. p. 1.
3. ^ "Socialism with Namibian characteristics". Namibian Sun. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
4. ^ "2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 29 November 2020. p. 2\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
5. ^ Staff writer (11 September 2006). "Caprivi Political Party Declared Illegal". IRIN (via afrol News). Retrieved 25 March 2011.

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Political parties in Namibia

Parliament|

* SWAPO (51)
* Independent Patriots for Change (20)
* Affirmative Repositioning (7)
* Popular Democratic Movement (5)
* Landless People's Movement (5)
* United Democratic Front (1)
* Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (1)
* SWANU (1)
* Republican Party (1)
* National Unity Democratic Organisation (1)
* All People's Party (1)
* National Democratic Party (1)
* Body of Christ Party (1)

Unrepresented|

* Action Democratic Movement Party
* Christian Democratic Voice
* Congress of Democrats
* National Empowerment Fighting Corruption
* National Patriotic Front
* Rally for Democracy and Progress
* United People's Movement
* Workers Revolutionary Party

Local parties|

* Gobabis Residents' Association, 1 seat in Gobabis
* Karibib Ratepayers Association, 1 seat in Karibib
* Monitor Action Group, 1 seat in Outjo
* Okahandja Rate Payers Association, 1 seat in Okahandja
* Omaruru Community Development Association, 1 seat in Omaruru
* Rehoboth Independent Town Management Association, 1 seat in Rehoboth
* United People's Movement, 1 seat in Rehoboth
* Rundu Concerned Citizens Association, 1 seat in Rundu
* Rundu Urban Community Association, 1 seat in Rundu
* Swakopmund Residents Association, 2 seats in Swakopmund
* Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association, 1 seat in Walvis Bay

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