Uukwiyu Constituency

Uukwiyu Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 11,894 inhabitants in 2004 [1] and 6,620 registered voters in 2020.[2] Its district capital is the settlement of Uukwiyu.

Uukwiyu constituency (red) in the Oshana Region (yellow)

Politics

Uukwiyu constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Andreas Amundjindi won the constituency with 3,701 votes. His only challenger was Salmi Benjameni of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), who received 48 votes.[3] In the 2015 local and regional elections Amundjindi won uncontested and remained councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[4]

Councillor Amundjindi (SWAPO) was re-elected in the 2020 regional election. He received 2,406 votes, followed by Johannes Shigwedha of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 914 votes.[2]

References
  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  3. Results from the Electoral Commission of Namibia
  4. Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.

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