Okatana Constituency

Okatana Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 9,111 registered voters in 2020^[update].^[1] Its district capital is the settlement of Okatana. Okatana Constituency covers an area of 426 km² (164 sq mi). It had a population of 14,801 in 2011, down from 15,352 in 2001.^[2]

Okatana Constituency (red) in the Oshana Region

Politics

Oktana constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election its candidate Clemens Kashuupulwa received 5,731 of the 5,858 votes cast.^[3]

In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.^[4] The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin. Edmund Iishuwa obtained 3,477 votes, followed by George Uusiku of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 715 votes.^[1]