Uukwiyu Constituency

Uukwiyu Constituency (yellow) in the Oshana Region (dark grey)

Uukwiyu Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. 11,894 people live in this region,[1] the capital is the settlement of Uukwiyu.

Politics

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Uukwiyu constituency is dominated by the South West Africa People's Organization party, which have been Namibia’s dominant party since the Border War.

In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO politician Andreas N. Amundjindi won the constituency with 3,701 votes. The government opposition was Salmi Benjameni of the Rally for Democracy and Progress, who received only 48 votes.[2] In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. ↑ "Results from the Electoral Commission of Namibia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  3. ↑ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.

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