2010 Namibian local and regional elections

Namibia held elections for their local and regional councils on 26 and 27 November 2010. The terms of regional councillors and local authority representatives were originally set to expire in 2009. As a local and regional election in 2009 would have meant to organise four different elections in one year, this part of the election was postponed and terms of office extended by one year.^[1]

Regional election[]

Regional elections contested 101 seats in 13 regional councils.^[2]

Local election[]

Local elections determine the population of the village, town, and city councils and have a direct influence on who will become mayor, as this position is elected among all councillors. Contrary to the regional elections, local elections in Namibia are determined by party, not by individual. There are 50 local authorities in Namibia with a total of 327 seats.^[3]

The ruling SWAPO Party obtained representation in all local councils and won 226 seats all in all. Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), the official opposition, managed to get into 36 local councils with a total of 48 seats in them.^[3]


Party		Seats	+/–
	SWAPO	226	+39
	Rally for Democracy and Progress	48	+48
	United Democratic Front	23	–3
	Democratic Turnhalle Alliance	16	–16
	National Unity Democratic Organisation	9	0
	United People's Movement	3	+3
	All People's Party	2	+2
Total		327	+24

Source: ECN

References[]

^ Weidlich, Brigitte (13 Mar 2009). "Local, regional council elections shifted to 2010". The Namibian.
^ 2010 Regional and local authority elections Results Electoral Commission of Namibia, retrieved 27 September 2020
^ ^a ^b Kisting, Denver (1 December 2010). "Swapo dominates local polls". The Namibian.

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[1] Weidlich, Brigitte (13 Mar 2009). "Local, regional council elections shifted to 2010". The Namibian.

[2] 2010 Regional and local authority elections Results Electoral Commission of Namibia, retrieved 27 September 2020

[local-3] Kisting, Denver (1 December 2010). "Swapo dominates local polls". The Namibian.

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