Ongwediva Constituency

Electoral constituency in the Oshana region of northern Namibia

Ongwediva constituency (red) in the Oshana Region (yellow)

Ongwediva Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 27,396 inhabitants[1] and 22,061 registered voters in 2020[update].[2] Its district capital is the town of Ongwediva.

## Politics

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Ongwediva is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Silverius Thikameni Ekandjo received 7,834 of the 8,073 votes cast.[3] In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Vinia Abisai won the constituency with 7,565 votes. He defeated challengers Nelson Katenda of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 686 votes) and Lukas Naingungo of the Congress of Democrats (CoD, 70 votes).[4] The 2015 regional elections were won by Andreas Uutoni (SWAPO) with 6,249 votes, far ahead of Peter Mandeinge (RDP) with 418 votes.[5]

Councillor Uutoni (SWAPO) was reelected in the 2020 regional election, albeit by a much smaller margin. He beat Michael Mwashindange of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, by 4,914 votes to 2,025.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
2. ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
3. ^ "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. 7.
4. ^ Election results from Electoral Commission of Namibia
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.

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Constituencies in the Oshana Region of Namibia

* Okaku
* Okatana
* Okatyali
* Ompundja
* Ondangwa Rural
* Ondangwa Urban
* Ongwediva
* Oshakati East
* Oshakati West
* Uukwiyu
* Uuvudhiya

17°47′S 15°46′E﻿ / ﻿17.783°S 15.767°E﻿ / -17.783; 15.767

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