Okongo Constituency

Okongo constituency (yellow) in the Ohangwena Region (dark grey)

Okongo is a constituency in the Ohangwena Region of Namibia, on the border to Angola. It has 21,321 inhabitants.[1] The main settlement and district capital is Okongo.

Politics

As is common in all constituencies of former Owamboland, Namibia's ruling SWAPO Party won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Its candidate Fanuel Ndadi gathered 5,766 votes, while the only opposition candidate, Waldeheim Kanalelo of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), received 241 votes.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. ↑ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 13. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

Coordinates: 17°34′S 17°13′E / 17.567°S 17.217°E / -17.567; 17.217


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