Presidential election in Namibia 1999

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The 1999 presidential election in Namibia took place on November 30th and December 1st, 1999. As a result, Sam Nujoma was confirmed in office as President of Namibia .

Out of a total of 878,869 eligible voters, a total of 545,465 votes were cast in the election , which corresponds to a turnout of 62.1%. The number of actually valid votes was 539,024. The Namibian Institute for Democracy , among others, acted as election observers .

The parliamentary elections also took place on these two days parallel to this presidential election .

Election results

candidate Political party be right Voting shares
Sam Nujoma SWAPO 414.096 76.82%
Ben Ulenga COD 56,541 10.49%
Katuutire Kaura DTA 52,752 9.79%
total 539.024 100%

Sam Nujoma was able to increase his share of the vote compared to the previous presidential election in 1994 , where he received 76.34%.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b africanelections.tripod.com Elections in Namibia: November 30 - December 01, 1999 Presidential Election on AfricElections Database