Okatyali Constituency

Okatyali Constituency (also: Okatjali) is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It has 2,815 inhabitants,[1] its district capital is the settlement of Okatyali.

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

Politics and governance

Okatyali constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The first regional councillor for this constituency was Paulus Kapia. He served until 1998.[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

Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
Paulus Kapia Archived February 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007
Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.

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[1] Constituencies of Namibia, 2004

[2] Paulus Kapia Archived February 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007

[uncontested-3] Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.