Ondangwa Urban

Ondangwa Urban is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 23,233 inhabitants in 2016^[1] and 17,967 registered voters in 2020^[update].^[2] The constituency office is situated in Ondangwa.

Ondangwa Urban constituency (red) in the Oshana Region

Ondangwa Urban was created by splitting the former constituency of Ondangwa into a rural and an urban part in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election.^[3]

Politics

Ondangwa is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The following people, all SWAPO, have served as councillors of Ondangwa Urban (until 2013: Ondangwa) constituency:^[4]

1. Elia Irimari (2014–2020)
2. Leonard Egonga (since 2020)

The 2015 regional elections were won by Elia Irimari (SWAPO) with 1,518 votes, far ahead of Vincent Asser of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 232 votes and Anna Nikanor of the Rally for Democracy and Progress with 117 votes.^[5][6] The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election, albeit by a much smaller margin. Leonard Negonga won with 2,921 votes over Olavi Negonga of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 2,434 votes. Independent candidate Angelina Immanuel came third with 525 votes.^[2]

See also

• Administrative divisions of Namibia