General elections were held in Namibia on 15 and 16 November 2004 to elect the President and National Assembly. The National Assembly election resulted in a landslide win for SWAPO, which won 55 of the 78 seats with over 75% of the vote.[1] SWAPO's candidate for president, Hifikepunye Pohamba, won the presidential election.[2] Following his victory, Pohamba was sworn in as president on 21 March 2005 at Independence Stadium in Windhoek.[3]
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Turnout | 85.21% | ||||||||||||||||
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Pohamba 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 80-90% >90%
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Results
editPresident
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Hifikepunye Pohamba | SWAPO | 625,605 | 76.44 | |
Ben Ulenga | Congress of Democrats | 59,547 | 7.28 | |
Katuutire Kaura | Democratic Turnhalle Alliance | 41,905 | 5.12 | |
Kuaima Riruako | National Unity Democratic Organisation | 34,651 | 4.23 | |
Justus ǁGaroëb | United Democratic Front | 31,354 | 3.83 | |
Henk Mudge | Republican Party | 15,955 | 1.95 | |
Kosie Pretorius | Monitor Action Group | 9,378 | 1.15 | |
Total | 818,395 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 818,395 | 98.23 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 14,770 | 1.77 | ||
Total votes | 833,165 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 977,742 | 85.21 | ||
Source: Government Namibia |
National Assembly
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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SWAPO | 620,609 | 75.83 | 55 | 0 | |
Congress of Democrats | 59,464 | 7.27 | 5 | –2 | |
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance | 42,070 | 5.14 | 4 | –3 | |
National Unity Democratic Organisation | 34,814 | 4.25 | 3 | New | |
United Democratic Front | 30,355 | 3.71 | 3 | +1 | |
Republican Party | 16,187 | 1.98 | 1 | New | |
Monitor Action Group | 6,950 | 0.85 | 1 | –1 | |
Namibian Democratic Movement for Change | 4,380 | 0.54 | 0 | New | |
SWANU | 3,610 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | |
Appointed members | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 818,439 | 100.00 | 78 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 818,439 | 98.69 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 10,830 | 1.31 | |||
Total votes | 829,269 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 977,742 | 84.81 | |||
Source: African Elections Database |
By region
editRegion | CoD | DTA | MAG | NMDC | NUDO | RP | SWANU | SWAPO | UDF |
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Caprivi | 3,872 | 1,809 | 56 | 38 | 68 | 2,745 | 42 | 19,596 | 244 |
Erongo | 6,186 | 2,746 | 1,102 | 281 | 3,380 | 1,664 | 291 | 39,604 | 8,127 |
Hardap | 6,098 | 5,118 | 599 | 226 | 479 | 1,303 | 73 | 15,767 | 609 |
ǁKaras | 7,059 | 3,761 | 671 | 215 | 495 | 1,061 | 82 | 25,127 | 681 |
Kavango | 4,617 | 5,198 | 189 | 194 | 520 | 431 | 235 | 64,077 | 795 |
Khomas | 18,872 | 7,225 | 1,982 | 819 | 8,782 | 5,040 | 1,071 | 87,092 | 5,880 |
Kunene | 1,324 | 5,716 | 393 | 109 | 2,015 | 667 | 117 | 9,817 | 6,511 |
Ohangwena | 443 | 166 | 31 | 64 | 158 | 80 | 133 | 88,061 | 374 |
Omaheke | 1,039 | 3,488 | 566 | 1,549 | 6,849 | 1,310 | 821 | 12,582 | 491 |
Omusati | 523 | 163 | 25 | 94 | 751 | 81 | 110 | 92,082 | 435 |
Oshana | 1674 | 870 | 59 | 85 | 312 | 97 | 93 | 70,111 | 366 |
Oshikoto | 2,567 | 647 | 244 | 88 | 410 | 228 | 147 | 63,769 | 1,126 |
Otjozondjupa | 5,161 | 4,762 | 1,002 | 344 | 9,622 | 1,257 | 219 | 31,423 | 3,690 |
Source: The Namibian[4] |
References
edit- ^ "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for members of the National Assembly" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3366. Government of Namibia. 3 January 2005. pp. 2–5.
- ^ "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for the President" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3366. Government of Namibia. 3 January 2005. pp. 1–2.
- ^ Namibia Swears-in New President VOA News, 21 March 2005
- ^ "Your Guide to the Results. Facts and Figures", The Namibian, 25 November 2014, p2