Oniipa Constituency

Oniipa Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It has 23,913 inhabitants,[1] its district capital is the settlement of Oniipa. Further settlements in this constituency are Oshigambo, and Onanjokwe.[2]

Omukwiyugwemanya, is a notable fig tree at Oshigambo High School.[3]

Politics

Oniipa constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.

In 2010, SWAPO's Johannes Sheepo Shiindi was elected as Oniipa's regional councilor with 95.5% of all votes cast in the constituency.[4] In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[5]

See also

References
  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. "Presidential and National Assembly Elections 2009". Supplement to several Namibian newspapers. Electoral Commission of Namibia. November 2009.
  3. Julie Berg-Raymond, "Good Shepherd Sunday school kids join Luter-based initiative, 'Books for Namibia'", Decorah Journal, page 1, 17 March 2011.
  4. Election results, 2010
  5. Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.


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