Ongenga Constituency

Coordinates: 17°26′S 15°41′E / 17.433°S 15.683°E / -17.433; 15.683
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Location of Ongenga constituency (yellow) in the Ohangwena Region (dark grey)

Ongenga is a constituency in the Ohangwena Region of Namibia, on the border to Angola. It has 21,474 inhabitants,[1] the district centre is the settlement of Ongenga.

Politics

As is common in all constituencies of former Owamboland, Namibia's ruling SWAPO Party won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Its candidate Sakaria Haimudi gathered 6,135 votes, while the only opposition candidate, Ferdinand Nghiitete of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), received 177 votes.[2]

References

  1. ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 14. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

17°26′S 15°41′E / 17.433°S 15.683°E / -17.433; 15.683