Outapi Constituency

Outapi Constituency (until 1998 Uutapi Constituency)^[1] is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of Namibia on the border of Angola. It had 23,516 registered voters in 2020^[update].^[2] Its district capital is the town of Outapi. Outapi Constituency covers an area of 986 km² (381 sq mi). It had a population of 36,934 in 2011, up from 13,121 in 2001.^[3]

Outapi Constituency (red) in the Omusati Region

Politics

Outapi constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Tataati Simon Shilekah. He received 9,802 of the 9,861 votes cast.^[4]

In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Fillemon Shikwambi won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.^[5] The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin. Immanuel Shikongo obtained 8,682 votes, followed by Frans Taapopi of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 1,094 votes.^[2]