Onyaanya Constituency
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Onyaanya Constituency (until 1999 Okatope Constituency)[1] is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 13,474 inhabitants in 2004[2] and 11,434 registered voters in 2020[update].[3] Its district capital is the settlement of Onyaanya.
Politics
[edit]Onyaanya constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Henock Kankoshi received 6,329 of the 6,359 votes cast.[4] He was subsequently elected to represent Oshikoto Region in the National Council of Namibia.[5] Kankoshi was reelected in the 2010 regional elections and became governor of Oshikoto in 2015.[6]
In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[7] The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Gideon Shikomba received 4,023 votes, well ahead of Onesmus Kapuka of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, who obtained 1,063 votes.[3]
Education
[edit]- Amakali Combined School
- Uukule Cluster
- Northcote Academy
- Shine private school
Villages
[edit]- Amuteya Village
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Amendment of Proclamation No. 25 of 1 September 1992, as amended by Proclamation No. 16 of 31 August 1998" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 2233. Government of Namibia. 22 November 1999. p. 2.
- ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
- ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3366. Government of Namibia. 3 January 2005. p. 9.
- ^ "Who's Who, Kankoshi, Henock Tangeni - Swapo". Namibian Institute for Democracy. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ "President announces governors". The Namibian. 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.
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