Uukwiyu Constituency

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

Uukwiyu Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It has 11,894 inhabitants,[1] its district capital is the settlement of Uukwiyu.

Politics

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

In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Andreas N. Amundjindi won the constituency with 3,701 votes. His only challenger was Salmi Benjameni of the Rally for Democracy and Progress, who received 48 votes.[2] 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. Results from the Electoral Commission of Namibia
  3. Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.

Coordinates: 18°1′S 15°55′E / 18.017°S 15.917°E / -18.017; 15.917


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