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Panduleni Itula, who received 29% of the overall votes. No other candidate achieved a two-digit result. SWAPO, yet again, won a majority of seats in the National Assembly, but closely missed the threshold for a two-thirds majority, which it held since 1994. Consequently, opposition parties also gained seats, most prominently the PDM, which obtained 16 seats in the National Assembly. The PDM's 16.60% vote share is its best electoral performance since the
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and a maximum of 6 non-voting members are appointed by the president. The members are elected for a five-year term. Since then the number of elected seats to the National Assembly was increased to 96 to allow for wider representation of the population, although the real reason behind it was the newly
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Local elections determine the population of the village, town, and city councils and have a direct influence on who will become mayor, as this position is elected among all councillors. Contrary to the regional elections, local elections in Namibia are determined by party, not by individual. There
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In 2019 Hage Geingob won the presidential election and received a second term as president. His percentage of votes gained, however, dropped significantly from 87% in 2014 to 56% in 2019. While rural areas predominantly supported Geingob, many urban centres voted for the independent candidate,
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the territory inherited a populace divided along ethnic groups, and political parties representing these ethnicities. While this is also true for SWAPO which was founded to represent the
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ruled in 2020 that without a paper trail, usage of the EVMs in elections is unconstitutional. Starting with the
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are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. Upon
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had 78 members of which 72 were elected by direct popular vote using the
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Namibia's 'zebra' politics could make it stand out from the global herd
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has 42 members, indirectly elected for a five-year term in triple-seat
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The current direct elections determining political positions are the
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There are 121 constituency councillors to be elected. In the
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determine who holds public political offices in the country.
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Before Namibian independence the territory was known as
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the party affiliations of the elected councillors were:
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and the distribution of seats in local authorities. The
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introduced gender equality system of the ruling party
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The art of compromise: Constitution-making in Namibia
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The electronic system was also used in the 440:for Regional Councils and local authorities. 436:for president and National Assembly, and the 368: 2680: 2666: 2256: 2242: 1982: 1968: 1267:2015 Namibian local and regional elections 552:2020 Namibian local and regional elections 532:2015 Namibian local and regional elections 438:2020 Namibian local and regional elections 375: 361: 1390:were 57 local authorities to be elected. 405:every five years for the position of the 1889:Wren, Christopher S (15 November 1989). 1785:"Regional Council Election Results 2015" 1700: 1698: 1696: 1635:(UDF, 4 seats) was strong in the former 2263: 1903: 1579: 1409:South West Africa People's Organization 1372: 1288:South West Africa People's Organization 495:South West Africa People's Organisation 489:(regions). 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Archived from 1753:"ECN undecided on discarded EVMs" 1705:Iikela, Sakeus (24 August 2017). 1384: 2564:Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 2334:Democratic Republic of the Congo 1991: 1535:Swakopmund Residents Association 1507:Civic Association of Henties Bay 1451:Rally for Democracy and Progress 1039:Rally for Democracy and Progress 736:Rally for Democracy and Progress 544:Voter-verified paper audit trail 30: 1811:Electoral Commission of Namibia 1789:Electoral Commission of Namibia 1621:Constituent Assembly of Namibia 1619:. 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Index

Politics of Namibia

Constitution
Constituent Assembly
Executive
President
Nangolo Mbumba
Vice-President
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Prime Minister
Saara Kuugongelwa
Cabinet
Legislature
National Council
Chairman
Bernard Sibalatani
National Assembly
Speaker
Peter Katjavivi
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Chief Justice
Peter Shivute
Administrative divisions
Regions
Constituencies
Elections
2014
2019
2024

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