Lower house of the Parliament of Namibia
The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. Its laws must be approved by the National Council, the upper house. Since 2014, it has a total of 104 members. 96 members are directly elected through a system of closed list proportional representation and serve five-year terms.[2] Eight additional members are appointed by the President. Since 2015, SWAPO member Peter Katjavivi has been the Speaker of the National Assembly.[3]
Namibia's National Assembly emerged on Independence Day on 21 March 1990 from the Constituent Assembly of Namibia, following the elections of November 1989. That election, following guidelines established by the United Nations, included foreign observers in an effort to ensure a free and fair election process. The current National Assembly was formed following elections on 27 November 2024.
2024 elections
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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| SWAPO | 583,300 | 53.38 | -12.07 | 51 | −12 |
| Independent Patriots for Change | 220,809 | 20.21 | New | 20 | New |
| Affirmative Repositioning | 72,227 | 6.61 | New | 7 | New |
| Popular Democratic Movement | 59,839 | 5.48 | -11.17 | 5 | −11 |
| Landless People's Movement | 56,971 | 5.21 | +0.46 | 5 | +1 |
| United Democratic Front | 16,828 | 1.54 | -0.25 | 1 | −1 |
| Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters | 11,743 | 1.07 | -0.59 | 1 | −1 |
| SWANU | 11,484 | 1.05 | +0.40 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican Party | 10,942 | 1.00 | -0.77 | 1 | −1 |
| National Unity Democratic Organisation | 10,687 | 0.98 | -0.98 | 1 | −1 |
| All People's Party | 7,219 | 0.66 | -1.13 | 1 | −1 |
| National Democratic Party | 6,647 | 0.61 | +0.05 | 1 | +1 |
| Body of Christ Party | 5,763 | 0.53 | New | 1 | New |
| Rally for Democracy and Progress | 3,308 | 0.30 | -0.79 | 0 | −1 |
| National Empowerment Fighting Corruption | 3,216 | 0.29 | New | 0 | New |
| United Namibians Party | 2,706 | 0.25 | New | 0 | New |
| Action Democratic Movement Party | 2,286 | 0.21 | New | 0 | New |
| United People's Movement | 2,143 | 0.20 | New | 0 | New |
| Congress of Democrats | 1,800 | 0.16 | -0.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Democratic Voice | 1,452 | 0.13 | -0.58 | 0 | −1 |
| National Patriotic Front | 1,315 | 0.12 | -0.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Appointed members | | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 1,092,685 | 100.00 | – | 104 | 0 |
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| Valid votes | 1,092,685 | 98.57 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 15,898 | 1.43 | |
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| Total votes | 1,108,583 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 1,449,569 | 76.48 | +16.10 | |
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| Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia (votes, 100% reported); Namvotes (seats, 87.63% reported) |
Previous National Assembly election results
Despite being a one party dominant state since its independence in 1990, Namibian elections have been transparent, free, and largely fair.[3][4]
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