Oniipa Constituency
Introduction  Oniipa constituency (red) in the Oshikoto Region (yellow)'''Oniipa Constituency''' is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 23,913 inhabitants in 2004 and 14,236 registered voters . The constituency office is situated in the settlement of Oniipa. Further settlements in this constituency are Oshigambo, and Onanjokwe.Omukwiyugwemanya is a notable fig tree at Oshigambo High School.
Politics Oniipa constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Johannes Sheepo Shiindi was elected as Oniipa's regional councilor with 95.5% of all votes cast in the constituency. In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate. The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Vilho Nuunyango received 3,930 votes, well ahead of Mateus Elifas of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, who obtained 1,717 votes.
See also * Administrative divisions of Namibia
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