Oshikango Constituency

Oshikango is a constituency in the town of Helao Nafidi in the Ohangwena Region of northern Namibia, on the border to Angola. It had 27,599 inhabitants in 2004^[1] and 17,480 registered voters in 2020^[update].^[2] It is named after the settlement of Oshikango, today part of the town Helao Nafidi.

Politics

As is common in all constituencies of former Owamboland, Namibia's ruling SWAPO Party has dominated elections since independence. The first councillor of Oshikango Constituency was SWAPO politician Michael Hishikushitja. He was elected to represent Ohangwena region in the National Council of Namibia and served in both positions until his death in 2001.^[3] In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Hiyavela Usco Nambinga received 7,303 of the 7,370 votes cast.^[4]

SWAPO also won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Its candidate Fillippus Namundjebo gathered 6,023 votes, while the opposition candidates Timotheus Shikongo of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) and Gabriel Shikudule of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), received 451 and 172 votes, respectively.^[5] SWAPO also won the 2020 regional election. Its candidate Ester Nghidimbwa received 4,782 votes, far ahead of Timotheus Shikongo of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, who obtained 980 votes.^[2]

References

^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
^ ^a ^b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ Shiremo, Shampapi (4 November 2011). "Michael Hishikushitja: An effective and eloquent Parliamentarian of the National Council (1953-2001)". New Era.
^ "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. 8.
^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 14. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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[1] Constituencies of Namibia, 2004

[election2020-2] "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[3] Shiremo, Shampapi (4 November 2011). "Michael Hishikushitja: An effective and eloquent Parliamentarian of the National Council (1953-2001)". New Era.

[4] "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. 8.

[5] "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 14. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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