Oniipa Constituency

Oniipa Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 23,913 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 14,236 registered voters in 2020.[2] The constituency office is situated in the settlement of Oniipa. Further settlements in this constituency are Oshigambo, and Onanjokwe.[3]

Oniipa constituency (red) in the Oshikoto Region (yellow)

Omukwiyugwemanya is a notable fig tree at Oshigambo High School.[4]

Politics

Oniipa constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.

In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Johannes Sheepo Shiindi was elected as Oniipa's regional councilor with 95.5% of all votes cast in the constituency.[5] In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[6] The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Vilho Nuunyango received 3,930 votes, well ahead of Mateus Elifas of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, who obtained 1,717 votes.[2]

See also

References
  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  3. "Presidential and National Assembly Elections 2009". Supplement to several Namibian newspapers. Electoral Commission of Namibia. November 2009.
  4. Julie Berg-Raymond, "Good Shepherd Sunday school kids join Luter-based initiative, 'Books for Namibia'", Decorah Journal, page 1, 17 March 2011.
  5. Election results, 2010
  6. Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.

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