Ondobe Constituency

Ondobe is a constituency in the Ohangwena Region of Namibia. It has 32,726 inhabitants,[1] the district centre is the settlement of Ondobe.

Ondobe Constituency contains the village of Okanghudi, the birthplace of Hifikepunye Pohamba, the second President of Namibia.[2]

Politics

As is common in all constituencies of former Owamboland, Namibia's ruling SWAPO Party won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Its candidate Natangwe Pohamba gathered 6,498 votes, while the only opposition candidate, Levi Shifoleni of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), received 225 votes.[3]

References
  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. "Pohamba at 72 full of vigour to steer the ship". Namibia Economist. 17 August 2007.
  3. "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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