Okakarara Constituency

Okakarara constituency (red) in the Otjozondjupa Region (yellow)

Okakarara Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It had 21,336 inhabitants in 2004^[1] and 16,221 registered voters in 2020^[update].^[2] The constituency consists of the town of Okakarara and the surrounding rural area.

Politics

Okakarara is one of the few Namibian constituencies that are not dominated by the SWAPO Party.^[3] In the 2004 regional election, Vetaruhe Kandorozu of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) received 3,647 of the 6,472 votes cast and became councillor.^[4]

In the 2015 regional election councillor Kandorozu (NUDO) was reelected with 3,628 votes, followed by Jonathan Tjakuva (SWAPO) with 2,126 votes and Abdal Mutjavikua of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 1,702 votes. Mujazu Urika of the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) also ran and gained 100 votes.^[5] The NUDO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Abdal Mutjavikua received 2,813 votes, well ahead of Gebhard Kandango (SWAPO) with 1,544 votes. Uamunika Murangi of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA, 350 votes) came third with 1,455 votes, and independent candidate Ambrosius Mundjindjiri gained 1,385 votes.^[2]

References

1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
2. "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
3. Menges, Werner (29 November 2015). "Mixed results for opposition in regional polls". The Namibian.
4. "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. 13.
5. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 20. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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