Regional council elections in Namibia 2010

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The 2010 regional council elections in Namibia took place on November 26th and 27th, 2010 in parallel with the local elections after a postponement from 2009 to 2010 was adopted. All incumbents automatically remained in office until then. The regional councils in the 13 regions of Namibia were elected.

Election process

Voter registration

Voter registration took place between August 23 and September 6, 2010 with the help of 3500 election workers. Almost 1,180,925 voters registered here.

Election days

On the two election days, all 3,349 polling stations were open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 12,000 electoral workers helped in them. There were 10 parties as well as six citizens' movements ( English Residents Association ) and six independent candidates for election.

Immediately after the polls closed, the counting of votes began. In each constituency, these were taken to verification offices for verification.

The election was monitored by the National Society for Human Rights (NGfM) and the umbrella organization of Namibian civil associations (NANGOF) .

Regional council elections

Nationwide, new elections were held in 106 of the 107 constituencies in the 13 regions . In a constituency, only one candidate stood, which is automatically considered elected.

The turnout was the lowest in the regional council elections. Only 38.63% of the registered voters went to the polls.

The SWAPO was again the winner of the elections and won 98 out of the 107 constituencies.

Source: Official election results for the Caprivi region, Allgemeine Zeitung, November 30, 2010

Political party Participated
candidates 		be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 107 349,534 98
National Unity Democratic Organization (NUDO) 013 011,410 03
United Democratic Front of Namibia (UDF) 008th 009,996 03
Democratic Gym Alliance (DTA) 029 011,810 02
Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) 102 042.192 01
All People's Party (APP) 016 005,889 -
Congress of Democrats (COD) 033 002,787 -
United People's Movement (UPM) 004th 001,677 -
SWANU of Namibia (SWANU) 013 001,634 -
Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN) 005 001,377 -
Independent candidates 006th 001,075 -
Total (voter turnout 38.63%) 336 439.381 107

The following parties did not nominate candidates for the regional council election:

Caprivi

Turnout: 37.51%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 6th 12,646 6th
RDP 6th 2,756 -
DTA 5 265 -
APP 2 68 -
NUDO 1 6th -
Independent candidates 1 78 -
Invalid votes 108
total 21st 15,927 6th

Erongo

Turnout: 31.44%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 7th 18,670 7th
RDP 6th 5,095 -
UDF 4th 4,265 -
NUDO 1 207 -
COD 1 96 -
Invalid votes 431
total 19th 28,764 7th

Hardap

Turnout: 33.81%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 6th 9,034 6th
RDP 6th 2,389 -
UPM 3 1,645 -
DPN 2 346 -
DTA 1 527 -
Independent candidates 3 863 -
Invalid votes 329
total 21st 15,133 6th

Karas

Turnout: 32.14%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 6th 10.157 7th
RDP 6th 3,732 -
DTA 3 1,030 -
DPN 3 1,031 -
COD 2 214 -
invalid 174
total 20th 16,698 6th

Kavango

Turnout: 31.72%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 9 21,123 9
RDP 9 1,199 -
APP 9 5,416 -
DTA 3 635 -
Invalid votes 390
total 30th 28,763 9

Khomas

Turnout: 23.74%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 10 34,143 9
RDP 10 9,160 1
COD 6th 821 -
APP 5 405 -
DTA 2 569 -
SWANU 2 160 -
NUDO 1 553 -
UPM 1 32 -
Invalid votes 399
total 37 46,242 10

Kunene

Turnout: 47.47%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 6th 9,704 1
RDP 6th 1,065 -
UDF 4th 5,731 3
DTA 2 ' 5,278 2
SWANU 2 47 -
NUDO 1 1,159 -
independent candidates 1 314 -
Invalid votes 205
total 22nd 23,503 6th

Ohangwena

Turnout: 52.68%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 11 61.101 11
RDP 11 4,959 -
COD 7th 148 -
Invalid votes 271
total 29 66,479 11

Grandmaheke

Turnout: 42.23%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 7th 8,959 5
NUDO 5 4,222 2
DTA 7th 1,695 -
RDP 6th 2.114 -
SWANU 5 1,040 -
Independent candidates 2 683 -
Invalid votes 207
total 32 18,920 7th

Omusati

Turnout: 50.93%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 12 62,322 12
RDP 11 798 -
COD 5 72 -
Invalid votes 380
total 28 63,572 12

Oshana

Turnout: 46.49%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 10 45,073 10
RDP 10 2,059 -
COD 6th 1,214 -
DTA 3 259 -
SWANU 2 38 -
Invalid votes 382
total 31 49.025 10

Oshikoto

Turnout: 45.83%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 10 41.004 10
RDP 8th 1,650 0
COD 6th 222 0
Invalid votes 341
total 24 43,217 10

Otjozondjupa

Turnout: 33.60%

Political party Participated
candidates		 be right Won
constituencies
SWAPO 7th 14,968 6th
NUDO 4th 5,263 1
RDP 7th 5,216 -
DTA 3 1,552 -
SWANU 2 349 -
Invalid votes 411
total 32 27,759 7th

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Regional council elections postponed to 2010, The Namibian (March 13, 2009)
  2. ↑ to the urn at the end of November, Allgemeine Zeitung, August 2, 2010
  3. ^ Election commission for voting “well prepared”, Allgemeine Zeitung, November 26, 2010
  4. ↑ No central announcement of coming election results, The Namibian, November 19, 2010 ( Memento from September 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  5. ↑ Record low voter turnout, The Namibian, November 30, 2010 ( Memento from September 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  6. ↑ Namibia's ruling party coasts to win in local, regional poll, AFP, November 30, 2010
  7. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Allgemeine Zeitung )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.az.com.na

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