Outjo Constituency

Outjo is an electoral constituency in the Kunene Region of Namibia. Its district capital is the town of Outjo, its population was 8,947 in 2004.[1] As of 2020, it has 9,197 registered voters.[2]

Outjo constituency (red) in the Kunene Region (yellow) of Namibia

Politics

The 2015 regional election was won by Johannes Antsino of the SWAPO Party with 1,774 votes, followed by Magrietha Peter of the United Democratic Front (UDF) with 1,063 votes. Independent candidate Uaundja Mazenge finished third with 355 votes, followed by John Kelly of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 273 votes and Ismael Frans of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 87 votes.[3] Antsino was re-elected in the 2020 regional election, the only constituency in Kunene that SWAPO won. He received 1,059 votes. The independent Mazenge came second with 560 votes, followed by Willibard Jason (UDF, 539 votes), Elfriede Gaeses of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018, 407 votes) and Kaejarukapo Maekopo of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA) with 369 votes.[2]

See also

References
  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. pp. 11–12. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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