National Council (Namibia)

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National Council
NUDO (1)
  Independent (1)
Length of term
5 years
Elections
Indirect election by Regional Councils
Last election
25 November 2020
Meeting place
National Council Building, Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
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The National Council is the

bicameral Parliament. It reviews bills passed by the lower chamber and makes recommendations for legislation of regional concern to the lower chamber.[3]

The 42 National Council members are indirectly elected by regional councils for a term of five years.[4] Each of the 14 regional councils chooses three of its members to serve on the National Council.[5] The last regional council elections were held on 25 November 2020.

Political party distribution in the current National Council is as follows:[6]

  • South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) - 28 seats
  • Landless People's Movement (LPM) - 6 seats
  • Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) - 2 seats
  • United Democratic Front (UDF) - 2 seats
  • Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) - 2 seats
  • National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) - 1 seat
  • Independent - 1 seat

The National Council meets in the capital

Tintenpalast
. The chairperson as of December 2020 is Lukas Muha.

Election results

Political Party
 Election Year
1992
1998
2004
2010
 2015 2020
South-West Africa People's Organisation
(SWAPO) 		19 21 24 24 40 28
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) 06 04 01 01 01 02
United Democratic Front (UDF) 01 01 01 01 - 02
National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) - - - - 01 01
Landless People's Movement (LPM) - - - - - 06
Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) - - - - - 02
Independent candidates
 - - - - - 01
Total 26 26 26 26 42 42

See also

Tintenpalast
, the former meeting place of the National Council
  • lower chamber
    of Parliament
  • History of Namibia
  • Legislative Branch
  • List of Chairpersons of the National Council of Namibia
  • List of national legislatures

References

  1. ^ "National Council". Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  2. ^ http://www.parliament.gov.na/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=495
  3. ^ "History". www.parliament.na.
  4. ^ "Namibia". New Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform (beta). July 5, 2018.
  5. ISSN 2026-7215
    .
  6. ^ Iikela, Sakeus (14 December 2020). "First independent to serve as MP". The Namibian. p. 3.
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