Olukonda Constituency

Olukonda Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It has 9,094 inhabitants,[1] the district capital is the settlement of Olukonda.

Politics

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

In the 2009 general election, incumbent President and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba received 89% of the votes for President.[2] In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[3]

See also

References

  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. Olukonda Swapoparty.org results
  3. Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.

Coordinates: 17°59′S 16°01′E / 17.983°S 16.017°E / -17.983; 16.017


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