Regional council elections in Namibia 2015

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The regional council elections in Namibia 2015 took place on November 27, 2015 parallel to the local elections. A special election day for police officers, election workers and people at sea was held on November 23, 2015.

November 27th was declared an official holiday by President Hage Geingob on November 24th .

Voter registration

Voter registration took place between January 15 and March 2, 2014. Almost 3,000 mobile and stationary registration offices were available for this purpose. After some complaints, the electoral roll was drawn up by mid-June 2014. A subsequent registration took place in September 2014. A total of 1,241,194 voters were allowed. Proof of residency in a certain region for at least 12 months is required for registration .

Election result

More than a month before the elections, on October 20, 2015, the winners were already determined in 26 of the 121 constituencies at regional level, as there were no opposing candidates.

The SWAPO was able to achieve its best result in the regional elections since independence. All 14 regions of Namibia will be governed by SWAPO alone until 2020. No other party is represented on the regional council in nine regions. Only in the regions of Erongo , Hardap , Kunene , Omaheke and Otjozondjupa could opposition parties or an independent candidate (Omaheke) win a total of nine seats. In total, SWAPO received 112 seats on regional councils, compared to 98 five years ago. The opposition parties together got nine seats.

The big loser in the election is the UDF , which lost the majority in the Kunene Regional Council and was unable to win any more seats.

The turnout was 36.6 percent.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The election date has now been set. Allgemeine Zeitung, September 30, 2015
  2. ↑ November 24, 2015 - News in the evening. Hitradio Namibia, November 24, 2015
  3. ↑ March 17, 2014 morning news. Hitradio Namibia, ( Memento from March 17, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ↑ a b To the voting card in eight minutes. Allgemeine Zeitung, January 13, 2014 - accessed January 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ 6/21/2014 morning news. Hitradio Namibia, June 21, 2014 ( Memento from July 3, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  6. ↑ National Voters Register 2014. Electoral Commission of Namibia, November 7, 2014 ( memento of September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on November 14, 2014
  7. ↑ 26 constituencies, five local authorities uncontested. The Namibian, October 20, 2015
  8. ↑ a b NAMIBIA Election Results Local Authorities and Regional Councils. Supplement to Allgemeine Zeitung, December 8, 2015