Ompundja Constituency

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Ompundja Constituency (red) in the Oshana Region (yellow)

Ompundja Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 4,423 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 2,520 registered voters in 2020.[2] Its constituency office is situated in .[3]

The constituency covers an area of 466 km2 (180 sq mi); The main economic activity is subsistence agriculture.[3] Ambassador, politician and businessperson Monica Nashandi was born here.[4]

Politics[]

Ompundja constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. Constituency councillor is SWAPO politician Adolf Uunona, who has been serving in this role since 2004.[5] Uunona rose to international attention in 2020 when news media picked up that his middle name is Hitler.[6][7][8] Uunona stated in response, "my father gave me this name Adolf Hitler, but it does not mean I have Adolf Hitler's character".[5]

In the 2015 local and regional elections, Uunona (SWAPO) won uncontested and remained councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[9] Uunona was again reelected in the 2020 regional election, winning with 1,196 votes over Abner Mumbala of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 213 votes.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Namibia Constituencies". 2004.
  2. ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Ompundja Constituency". Oshana Regional Council, Government of Namibia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. ^ State House's Nashandi resigns Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine New Era, 16 October 2009
  5. ^ a b Ndeyanale, Eliaser (7 December 2020). "Adolf Hitler defends his name". The Namibian. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Namibia: Man named after Adolf Hitler wins local election". BBC News. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  7. ^ "Schlechter Scherz? Adolf Hitler sitzt 2020 im Landrat". Euronews Deutsche (in German). 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  8. ^ AfricaNews (2020-12-03). "Politician Named after Adolf Hitler Wins Election In Namibia". Africanews. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  9. ^ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.

Coordinates: 17°54′S 15°42′E / 17.900°S 15.700°E / -17.900; 15.700

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