Summary
Omuntele Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region on the northern part of Namibia. It had 21,884 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 9,854 registered voters in 2020[update].[2] The district capital is the settlement of Omuntele.
The constituency is situated in the northwest part of Oshikoto about 60 km southeast of Ondangwa. The constituency is currently led by Sakeus 'Sacky' Nangula, councillor for SWAPO. It is dominated by Oshiwambo speaking people and a small number San people. People in the area survive in cultivating crops. Mahangu is the principal crop in the area.[citation needed]
History edit
The area was established[clarification needed] by Silvanus Nyambali Nehale, son of Ondonga Chief Nehale Mpingana. During the Namibian War of Independence many people from this area went into exile to Angola and took up arms there. However, between 1976 and 1980 combatants of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) lived at Omuntele as civilians as part of a covert reconnaissance operation. There were a number of battles in and around Omuntele like the one at Oshalongo in which Commander Marx Nekongo was seriously injured. Nekongo later became councillor of Onayena Constituency.[3]
Politics edit
Omuntele constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
Regional elections edit
In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Sakeus Nangula received 5,158 of the 5,190 votes cast.[4]
In the 2015 local and regional elections Nangula won uncontested and remained councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[5] He was re-elected with 3,869 votes in the 2020 regional election. The only opposition candidate, Erkki Shivute of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, obtained 1,659 votes.[2]
National elections edit
In the 2009 general election, incumbent president and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba received 98% of the votes.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
- ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Nambala, SVV (July 2010). "Omuntele Combatants". Prime Focus Magazine.[dead link]
- ^ "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. 9.
- ^ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.
- ^ Omuntele Swapoparty.org results
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