National Democratic Party (Namibia)

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The National Democratic Party (NDP) is a political party in Namibia. It was formed in 1973 as the Ovamboland Independence Party (OIP) by Silas Ipumbu.^[1] It took the name NDP to contest the elections to the Ovambo Legislative Assembly, by then under the leadership of Cornelius Tuhafeni Ndjoba.^[2] The party's base was amongst the Ovambo people.

The NDP contested in the 2015 local authority elections in the Zambezi Region but failed to gain a seat.^[3]

References

↑ Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 1973". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
↑ Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 1974". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
↑ "Local elections results". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 28 November 2015. p. 7. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015.

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