Summary
Ongenga is a constituency in the Ohangwena Region of Namibia, on the border to Angola. It had 21,474 in 2004[1] and 12,682 registered voters in 2020[update].[2]
The constituency office is the settlement of Ongenga.[3] The constituency is sharing boundaries with Cunene Province in southern Angola on the North, Engela Constituency on the South and East, and Omusati Region in the West.
Politics edit
As is common in all constituencies of former Owamboland, Namibia's ruling SWAPO Party has dominated elections since independence. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Leonard Shimutwikeni received 7,381 of the 7,448 votes cast.[4]
The SWAPO candidate also won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Sakaria Haimudi gathered 6,135 votes, while the only opposition candidate, Ferdinand Nghiitete of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), received 177 votes.[5] SWAPO also won the 2020 regional election. Its candidate Matheus Shikongo received 4,636 votes, far ahead of Shipanduleni Mwahafa of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, who obtained 901 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 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Ongenga Constituency". Government of Namibia. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "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. 8.
- ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 14. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
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