Omuthiyagwiipundi Constituency

Omuthiyagwiipundi Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 21,884 inhabitants in 2004^[1] and 15,220 registered voters in 2020^[update].^[2] The constituency contains the settlements of Omuthiya and Iipundi. The area is predominantly rural.

Omuthiyagwiipundi constituency (red) in the Oshikoto Region (yellow)

Politics

Omuthiyagwiipundi constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Penda Ndakolo received 6,166 of the 6,301 votes cast.^[3]

As in all constituencies in Oshikoto, SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Samuel Panduleni Shivute gained 5,092 votes, while the only opposition candidate Epafras Nghinamundova of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) gained 239.^[4] Councillor Shivute (SWAPO) was re-elected with 3,759 votes in the 2020 regional election. The only opposition candidate, David Uusiku of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, obtained 2,113 votes.^[2]

See also

• Administrative divisions of Namibia