Okahandja Constituency

Coordinates: 21°59′S 16°55′E / 21.983°S 16.917°E / -21.983; 16.917
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Okahandja constituency (red) in the Otjozondjupa Region (yellow)

Okahandja Constituency is an

electoral constituency in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It had 18,155 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 18,109 registered voters in 2020.[2] The constituency consists of the town of Okahandja
and the surrounding rural area.

Politics

The

Independent candidate Welfriedt Groeitjie Goaseb gained 501 votes.[3]

The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Bethuel Tjaveondja received 2,451 votes, well ahead of Frisia Ambondja of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, who obtained 1,057 votes. There also ran Belinda Garoes of the United Democratic Front (UDF, 599 votes), Willem Veiko of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA, 350 votes), and Tjitee Mujoro of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018, 332 votes).[2]

References

  1. ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 20. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

21°59′S 16°55′E / 21.983°S 16.917°E / -21.983; 16.917