Uuvudhiya Constituency

Uuvudhiya Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It has 4,357 inhabitants,[1] its district capital is the settlement of Uuvudhiya. The constituency had 2,869 registered voters as of 2004.[2]

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

Geography

The constituency is by far the largest in Oshana region. It covers an area of 5,819 km2 (2,247 sq mi) and is part of the Cuvelai Basin,including Lake Oponona, its largest lake. The area is dominated by flood plains which become swamps during the raining season.[3][4]

Economy and infrastructure

The district road D3607 is the access road to Uuvudhiya constituency. There are no other proclaimed roads in the constituency; Transport is done on tracks that frequently become impassable during the raining season.[3]

Politics

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

In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Seblon Paulus won the constituency with 1,621 votes. His only challenger was Gabriel Jeremia of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) who received 19 votes.[5] In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[6] For the 2020 regional election again no opposition candidate was fielded,[7] and Timoteus Shoopa a Shivute, the SWAPO candidate, was duly elected.[8]

References
  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. Uuvudhiya Constituency. Namibia Electoral Commission. 2004. Retrieved on March 24, 2008.
  3. Iikela, Sakeus (17 November 2022). "Flood-prone Uuvudhiya, Ompundja beg for roads". The Namibian. p. 5.
  4. Shaanika, Helvy (30 August 2013). "Stricken cattle threaten lake". New Era.
  5. Results from the Electoral Commission of Namibia
  6. Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.
  7. Nakale, Albertina (21 October 2020). "Uncontested constituencies reduced to 4 from 26". New Era. p. 1.
  8. "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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