Ompundja Constituency

Ompundja Constituency (yellow) in the Oshana Region (dark grey)

Ompundja Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It has 4,423 inhabitants.[1] It is the birthplace of ambassador, politician and businessperson Monica Nashandi.[2]

Politics

Ompundja constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[3]

References

  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. State House's Nashandi resigns New Era, 16 October 2009
  3. Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.

Coordinates: 17°54′S 15°42′E / 17.900°S 15.700°E / -17.900; 15.700


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