Presidential election in Namibia 2004

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SWAPO election poster

The 2004 presidential election in Namibia took place on November 15 and 16, 2004. As a result, the winner was Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba , who took office as President of Namibia on March 21, 2005 .

From a total of 977,742 eligible voters, a total of 833,165 votes were cast in the election , which corresponds to a voter turnout of 85.2%. The actual number of valid votes was 818,360. The Namibian Institute for Democracy , among others, acted as election observers .

Election campaign

The election campaign is described as rather colorless, which was due to the fact that the opposition did not have any outstanding personalities and could not do anything against the dominance of the ruling party SWAPO. The fight for the successor of the previous President Samuel Shafishuna Nujoma was fought almost exclusively within SWAPO. The only topic discussed was a possible land reform.

Election results

candidate Political party be right Voting shares
Hifikepunye Pohamba SWAPO 625.605 76.44%
Ben Ulenga COD 59,547 7.28%
Katuutire Kaura DTA 41,905 5.12%
Kuaima Riruako NUDO 34,616 4.23%
Justus Garoëb UDF 31,354 3.83%
Henk Mudge RP 15,955 1.95%
Kosie Pretorius LIKE 9,378 1.15%
total 818.360 100%

In response to his election, the new President Pohamba reaffirmed his will for continuity and extended an invitation to potential foreign investors.

Source: see below; in addition to this presidential election took place on 15./16. November also the parliamentary elections in Namibia 2004 and the regional council elections in Namibia 2004 .

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  1. ↑ Note: This article contains characters from the alphabet of the Khoisan languages spoken in southern Africa . The display contains characters of the click letters ǀ , ǁ , ǂ and ǃ . For more information on the pronunciation of long or nasal vowels or certain clicks , see e.g. B. under Khoekhoegowab .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://africanelections.tripod.com/na.html Elections in Namibia: November 15-16, 2004 Presidential Election on AfricElections Database
  2. ↑ a b Wolfgang Maier: Parliament and presidential elections in Namibia in November 2004. (pdf) In: KAS-Auslandsinformationen. Retrieved November 26, 2010 .