Onesi Constituency

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

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Onesi Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of Namibia on the border to Angola. It had 9,941 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=30 October 2021}} Its district capital is the settlement of Onesi.

Onesi Constituency covers an area of {{Convert|602|sqkm|abbr=on}}. It had a population of 13,149 in 2011, up from 12,995 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}}

Politics

Onesi constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Fillemon Jatileni. He received 4,501 of the 4,573 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}}

In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Titus Kanyele won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.{{Cite news | title=Opposition parties are mosquitoes, says Kawana | newspaper=The Namibian | date=26 October 2015 | url=http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=read&id=33243}} The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin. Festus Petrus obtained 4,223 votes, followed by Johannes Amunyela of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 322 votes.

References

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Category:Constituencies of Omusati Region

Category:States and territories established in 1992

Category:1992 establishments in Namibia