Okankolo Constituency
{{short description|Electoral constituency in the Oshikoto region of northern Namibia}}
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Okankolo Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 12,926 inhabitants in 2004[http://www.statoids.com/yna.html Constituencies of Namibia, 2004] and 8,487 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}} The district capital is the settlement of Okankolo. Settlements in this constituency include Onkumbula, Omeyantalala, Omakango, Omunduta, Omhuuda, and Omutwewomedi.{{Cite news | title=N$50m police station for Onkumbula | last=Itamalo | first=Marx | newspaper=The Namibian | date=31 May 2017 | page=6 | url=http://www.namibian.com.na/55059/read/N$50m-police-station-for-Onkumbula}}
Politics
Okankolo constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
=Regional elections=
In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Joseph Imbili received 4,825 of the 4,850 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=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 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. Hans Nambondi received 2,961 votes, well ahead of Wilhelm Thomas of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 671 votes.
=National elections=
In the 2009 general election, incumbent President and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba received 96% of the votes for President.[http://www.swapoparty.org/results/oshikoto/okankolo.pdf Okankolo] Swapoparty.org results
See also
References
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