Olukonda Constituency
Introduction  Olukonda constituency (red) in the Oshikoto Region (yellow)'''Olukonda Constituency''' is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 9,094 inhabitants in 2004 and 7,495 registered voters . The district capital is the settlement of Olukonda.
Politics Olukonda constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2009 general election, incumbent president and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba received 89% of the votes for President. 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. Phillemon Ndjambula received 2,409 votes, ahead of Jakob Nakaleke of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 1,353 votes.
See also * Administrative divisions of Namibia
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