Ogongo Constituency
{{short description|Electoral constituency in the Omusati region of northern Namibia}}
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Ogongo Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region northern part of Namibia. It had 9,140 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=23 October 2021}} Its district capital is the settlement of Ogongo.
The constituency covers an area of {{Convert|807|sqkm|abbr=on}}. It had a population of 19,546 in 2011, down from 19,611 in 2001.{{cite web | title=Chapter 2: Population Structure, Composition and Density | url=https://cms.my.na/assets/documents/p19dptss1qjep16pd1d0utqf1uq84.pdf | work=Omusati 2011 Census Regional Profile | publisher=Namibia Statistics Agency | access-date=29 January 2025 | page=4}} Ogongo Constituency contains the settlements of Eengolo, Eendombe, Pyamukuyu, Iipanda, Ombathi, and Omuthitu.{{cite news
| publisher = Electoral Commission of Namibia
| title = Presidential and National Assembly Elections 2009
| work = Supplement to several Namibian newspapers
| date = November 2009}}
University of Namibia has one of its agricultural campuses near Ogongo, which specialisies in crop science and forestry.{{cite web
|url=http://www.unam.na/faculties/agric/agric_general_info.html
|title=Faculty of Agriculture & Natural Resources
|publisher=University of Namibia
|accessdate=23 February 2012}}
Politics
Like all other constituencies in Omusati, Ogongo constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Sackarias Uugwanga Kayone. He received 6,571 of the 6,655 votes cast.{{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=6 | publisher=Government of Namibia | date=3 January 2005 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2005/3366.pdf | format=pdf}}
SWAPO also won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Wilhelm Iiyambo gained 4,392 votes, while Josua Nghishiikoh of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) gained only 45.{{Cite web | title=Regional Council Election Results 2015 | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | date=3 December 2015 | page=17 | url=http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208163948/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 December 2015 }} The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin. Daniel Iilende obtained 3,703 votes, followed by independent candidate Johannes Nakale with 245 votes and Tataati Komya of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 149 votes.
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