Outapi Constituency (until 1998 Uutapi Constituency) [1] is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of Namibia on the border of Angola. It had 30,313 inhabitants in 2004 [2] and 23,516 registered voters in 2020 [update]. [3] Its district capital is the town of Outapi.
Outapi constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Tataati Simon Shilekah. He received 9,802 of the 9,861 votes cast. [4]
In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Fillemon Shikwambi won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate. [5] The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin. Immanuel Shikongo obtained 8,682 votes, followed by Frans Taapopi of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 1,094 votes. [3]
18°2′S 15°19′E / 18.033°S 15.317°E
Outapi Constituency (until 1998 Uutapi Constituency) [1] is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of Namibia on the border of Angola. It had 30,313 inhabitants in 2004 [2] and 23,516 registered voters in 2020 [update]. [3] Its district capital is the town of Outapi.
Outapi constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Tataati Simon Shilekah. He received 9,802 of the 9,861 votes cast. [4]
In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Fillemon Shikwambi won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate. [5] The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin. Immanuel Shikongo obtained 8,682 votes, followed by Frans Taapopi of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 1,094 votes. [3]
18°2′S 15°19′E / 18.033°S 15.317°E