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.
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]
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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.
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]
18°04′11″S 16°15′08″E / 18.06972°S 16.25222°E