Oshakati East is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It comprises the eastern parts of the town of Oshakati. The constituency had 22,634 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 19,606 registered voters in 2020[update].[2]
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Oshakati East was created in 1998. Following a recommendation of the Second Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 1998 general election, the old Oshakati Constituency was split into Oshakati West and Oshakati East.[3] The Okatana River separates the two constituencies.[4]
Politics
editOshakati is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Lotto Kuushomwa received 6,697 of the 7,324 votes cast.[5] Kuushomwa was reelected in the 2010 regional elections with 6,501 votes. He defeated challengers Epafras Nghinamundova of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 276 votes), Agatus Antanga of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 72 votes), Timoteus Kambishi of the Congress of Democrats (CoD, 34 votes) and Ndateelela Nakale of SWANU (16 votes).[6] Councillor Kuushomwa (SWAPO) was again reelected in the 2015 regional elections. He won with 5,559 votes, far ahead of Daniel Andreas (DTA) with 241 votes and Natangwe Shiwayu (RDP) with 81 votes.[7]
The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election, albeit by a much smaller margin. Abner Shikongo obtained 4,575 votes, followed by Simon Neshiko of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 2,411 votes.[2]
References
edit- ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
- ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 1940. Government of Namibia. 31 August 1998. pp. 12–13.
- ^ Kadhikwa, Pendapawa (13 September 2011). "Oshakati to deepen river". The Namibian. p. 1. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012.
- ^ "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3366. Government of Namibia. 3 January 2005. p. 7.
- ^ Election results from Electoral Commission of Namibia
- ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.