Uukwiyu Constituency
{{short description|Electoral constituency in the Oshana region of northern Namibia}}
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Uukwiyu Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 6,620 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=17 February 2022}} Its district capital is the settlement of Uukwiyu. Uukwiyu Constituency covers an area of {{Convert|300|sqkm|abbr=on}}. It had a population of 12,092 in 2011, up from 12,047 in 2001.{{cite web | title=Chapter 2: Population Structure, Composition and Density | url=https://cms.my.na/assets/documents/p19dptss1qlrdo691ir01l6g3e77.pdf | work=Oshana 2011 Census Regional Profile | publisher=Namibia Statistics Agency | access-date=6 February 2025 | page=4}}
Politics
Uukwiyu constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Petrus Luaadhy Shiwedha received 3,829 of the 3,870 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=7 | publisher=Government of Namibia | date=3 January 2005 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2005/3366.pdf | format=pdf}}
In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Andreas Amundjindi won the constituency with 3,701 votes. His only challenger was Salmi Benjameni of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), who received 48 votes.[http://www.ecn.na/results/2010/Press_Release_Constituency_-_Oshana-Uukwiyu.pdf Results from the Electoral Commission of Namibia] In the 2015 local and regional elections Amundjindi won uncontested and remained 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 }} Councillor Amundjindi (SWAPO) was re-elected in the 2020 regional election. He received 2,406 votes, followed by Johannes Shigwedha of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 914 votes.
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