Popular Democratic Movement
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The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) is an amalgamation of political parties in
The PDM is an associate member of the
History
The party was formed as the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) on 5 November 1977 as a result of the
The DTA won the
The DTA dominated this government, too, albeit not with absolute majority: In the 62-seat National Assembly the DTA occupied 22, and five smaller parties got 8 seats each.
After
On 4 November 2017, one day before its 40th anniversary, the party was renamed the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) in order to facilitate modernisation and to shed its "colonial" name.[18]
The party did well in 2019 election, scoring 16.65% (their best performance since 1989) and winning 16 seats in the National Assembly.
Leadership
Upon its foundation,
Member parties of the PDM
Founding members
The following parties participated at the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference and subsequently formed the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance:[4]
- Bushman Alliance (BA)
- National Democratic Unity Party (NDUP), composed of conference members from Kavango[24]
- Caprivi delegation
- Namibia Democratic Turnhalle Party (NDTP)
- National Democratic Party (NDP)
- National Unity Democratic Organization(NUDO), withdrawn from DTA in September 2003
- Rehoboth DTA Party (RDTAP), formerly the Rehoboth Baster Association (RBA)
- Republican Party (RP)
- Tswana Alliance, later Seoposengwe Party (Tswana)
- South West African Labour Party
- South West Africa People's Democratic United Front (SWAP-DUF), a breakaway faction of the Damara Council[24]
Later changes of membership
- United Democratic Party (UDP), member of the DTA since UDP's foundation in 1985, expelled from DTA in 1998 due to its support of the secession of the Caprivi.[25]
- In September 2003, the National Unity Democratic Organization (NUDO) withdrew from the DTA, accusing the party of failing to work for Herero interests.[26]
Electoral history
Presidential elections
Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1994
|
Mishake Muyongo | 114,843 | 23.66% | Lost |
1999
|
Katuutire Kaura | 52,752 | 9.79% | Lost |
2004
|
41,905 | 5.12% | Lost | |
2009
|
24,186 | 2.98% | Lost | |
2014
|
McHenry Venaani | 44,271 | 4.97% | Lost |
2019 | 43,959 | 5.3% | Lost |
National Assembly elections
Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1978
|
Cornelius Ndjoba
|
268,130 | 82.18% | 41 / 50
|
41 | 1st | Supermajority government |
1989
|
Mishake Muyongo | 191,532 | 28.55% | 21 / 72
|
20 | 2nd | Opposition |
1994
|
101,748 | 20.78% | 15 / 72
|
6 | 2nd | Opposition | |
1999
|
Katuutire Kaura | 50,824 | 9.48% | 7 / 78
|
8 | 3rd | Opposition |
2004
|
42,070 | 5.14% | 4 / 78
|
3 | 3rd | Opposition | |
2009
|
25,393 | 3.13% | 2 / 72
|
2 | 3rd | Opposition | |
2014
|
McHenry Venaani | 42,933 | 4.80% | 5 / 104
|
3 | 2nd | Opposition |
2019 | 136,576 | 16.65% | 16 / 104
|
11 | 2nd | Opposition |
National Council elections
Election | Seats | +/– | Position | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | 6 / 26
|
6 | 2nd | Opposition |
1998 | 4 / 26
|
2 | 2nd | Opposition |
2004 | 1 / 26
|
3 | 2nd | Opposition |
2010 | 1 / 26
|
2nd | Opposition | |
2015 | 1 / 42
|
2nd | Opposition | |
2020 | 2 / 42
|
1 | 3rd | Opposition |
References
Notes
- ^ "119-1977". www.klausdierks.com.
- ^ a b "Opposition parties say PDM coalition efforts too late". Windhoek Observer. 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ "About YDUA". www.ydua.org. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ a b Kangueehi, Kuvee (22 October 2004). "DTA 'Down but Not Out'". New Era (via rehobothbasters.com). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ a b Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 1977". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ISBN 9966253580.
- ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 1978". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ a b NDI 1989, p. 12.
- Airpower Journal. Archived from the originalon 31 December 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ISBN 0-19-829645-2. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 1985". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ a b NDI 1989, p. 13.
- ^ DTA ‘Down but Not Out’ Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine RehobothBasters.org
- ^ Namibia Archived 1 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Tiscali Encyclopedia
- New York Times.
- ^ Desie Heita: ELECTIONS 2009: DTA, a political giant once New Era, 11 September 2009
- ^ Muraranganda, Elvis (12 July 2016). "DTA intends shedding its colonial tag". New Era.
- ^ Iikela, Sakeus (6 November 2017). "Exit DTA, enter PDM". The Namibian.
- ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 1978". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 428.
- ^ "Namibia: Opposition party reportedly suspends leader", SAPA news agency (nl.newsbank.com), 25 August 1998.
- ^ "Namibia: Party leader says ex-opposition leader Muyongo should return, be tried", NBC Radio, Windhoek (nl.newsbank.com), 31 October 1998.
- ^ Immanuel, Shinovene (9 September 2013). "Youth take over at DTA". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-3631579954.
- afrol News). 11 September 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ISBN 978-9956-763-39-9.
Literature
- "Democratic Elections in Namibia. An International Experiment in Nation Building" (PDF). National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. June 1989. p. 12.
External links
- DTA of Namibia Official Web Site
- Reprint of "Namibian Voters Deny Total Power to SWAPO" by Michael Johns, The Wall Street Journal, 19 November 1989.