Eengodi Constituency

{{short description|Electoral constituency in the Oshikoto region of northern Namibia}}

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Eengodi Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 14,995 inhabitants in 2004[http://www.statoids.com/yna.html Constituencies of Namibia, 2004] and 7,740 registered voters {{As of|2020|alt=in 2020}}.{{Cite web | title=Regional Council 2020 Election Results | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | date=18 January 2021 | series=Interactive map | url=http://elections.na/ | accessdate=21 February 2022 | archive-date=12 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612210020/https://elections.na/ | url-status=dead }}

Politics

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

=Regional elections=

The councillor for Eengodi constituency has been Walde Sheyavali from 1992 to 2017. In the 2004 regional election incumbent councillor Sheyavali was declared winner after no opposition party nominated a candidate.{{Cite news | title=Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=3366 | page=9 | publisher=Government of Namibia | date=3 January 2005 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2005/3366.pdf | format=pdf}}

In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won again uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.{{cite news|last=Kangootui |first=Nomhle |newspaper=The Namibian |title=Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested |url=http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=read&id=33153 |date=23 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024163513/http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=read&id=33153 |archivedate=October 24, 2015 }} The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Protasius Neshuku received 3,279 votes, well ahead of Twakulilwa Mwaetako of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 407 votes.

=General elections=

In the 2009 general election, the Eengodi Constituency overwhelmingly supported SWAPO and incumbent president Hifikepunye Pohamba. Pohamba received 4,039 of 4,262 total votes in the constituency.[http://www.ecn.na/Results/Eengodi.pdf Eengodi Constituency]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Electoral Commission of Namibia

References

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Category:Constituencies of Oshikoto Region

Category:States and territories established in 1992

Category:1992 establishments in Namibia