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Onyaanya Constituency

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Onyaanya Constituency (yellow) in the Oshikoto Region (dark grey)

Onyaanya Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It has 13,474 inhabitants;[1] its district capital is the settlement of Onyaanya.

Politics

Onyaanya constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.

The current Regional Councillor is Henock Kankoshi who also represents Oshikoto Region in the National Council of Namibia.[2]

In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. ^ "Who's Who, Kankoshi, Henock Tangeni - Swapo". Namibian Institute for Democracy. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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