Ompundja Constituency

Ompundja Constituency (yellow) in the Oshana Region (dark grey)

Ompundja Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It has 4,423 inhabitants.[1] It is the birthplace of ambassador, politician and businessperson Monica Nashandi.[2]

Politics

Ompundja constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[3]

References

  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. State House's Nashandi resigns Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine. New Era, 16 October 2009
  3. Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.

Coordinates: 17°54′S 15°42′E / 17.900°S 15.700°E / -17.900; 15.700


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