Omuntele Constituency

Coordinates: 18°14′00″S 16°14′00″E / 18.2333°S 16.2333°E / -18.2333; 16.2333
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Omuntele constituency (red) in the Oshikoto Region (yellow)

Omuntele Constituency is an

electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region on the northern part of Namibia. It had 21,884 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 9,854 registered voters in 2020.[2] The district capital is the settlement of Omuntele
.

The constituency is situated in the northwest part of Oshikoto about 60 km southeast of

Mahangu is the principal crop in the area.[citation needed
]

History

The area was established[

Namibian War of Independence many people from this area went into exile to Angola and took up arms there. However, between 1976 and 1980 combatants of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) lived at Omuntele as civilians as part of a covert reconnaissance operation. There were a number of battles in and around Omuntele like the one at Oshalongo in which Commander Marx Nekongo was seriously injured. Nekongo later became councillor of Onayena Constituency.[3]

Politics

Omuntele constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the

South West Africa People's Organization
(SWAPO) party.

Regional elections

In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Sakeus Nangula received 5,158 of the 5,190 votes cast.[4]

In the

2015 local and regional elections Nangula won uncontested and remained councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[5] He was re-elected with 3,869 votes in the 2020 regional election. The only opposition candidate, Erkki Shivute of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, obtained 1,659 votes.[2]

National elections

In the

2009 general election, incumbent president and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba received 98% of the votes.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ^ Nambala, SVV (July 2010). "Omuntele Combatants". Prime Focus Magazine.[dead link]
  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. 9.
  5. ^ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.
  6. ^ Omuntele Swapoparty.org results

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