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Okatana Constituency

Coordinates: 17°44′S 15°43′E / 17.733°S 15.717°E / -17.733; 15.717
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Okatana Constituency (red) in the Oshana Region (yellow)

Okatana Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 15,562 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 9,111 registered voters in 2020.[2] Its district capital is the settlement of Okatana.

Politics

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Oktana constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election its candidate Clemens Kashuupulwa received 5,731 of the 5,858 votes cast.[3]

In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[4] The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin. Edmund Iishuwa obtained 3,477 votes, followed by George Uusiku of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 715 votes.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Constituencies of Namibia, 2004". Statoids.com. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  2. ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ^ "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. 7.
  4. ^ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.

17°44′S 15°43′E / 17.733°S 15.717°E / -17.733; 15.717