Editing Outjo Constituency

{{short description|Electoral constituency in the Kunene region of north-western Namibia}}
[[Image:Wahlkreis Outjo (2014).svg|thumb|Outjo constituency (red) in the Kunene Region (yellow) of Namibia]]
'''Outjo''' is an [[List of constituencies of Namibia|electoral constituency]] in the [[Kunene Region]] of [[Namibia]]. Its district capital is the town of [[Outjo]], its population was 8,947 in 2004.<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/yna.html Constituencies of Namibia, 2004]</ref> {{As of|2020}}, it has 9,197 registered voters.<ref name=election2020>{{Cite web | title=Regional Council 2020 Election Results | publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Namibia]] | date=18 January 2021 | series=''Interactive map'' | url=http://elections.na | accessdate=2 July 2021}}</ref>

==Politics==

The [[2004 Namibian local and regional elections|2004 regional election]] was won by Thomas Adam Sheya of the [[South West Africa People's Organization|SWAPO Party]] with 1,493 of the 3,706 votes cast. It was the only constituency in Kunene that did not go to the opposition.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=3366 | page=6 | publisher=[[Government of Namibia]] | date=3 January 2005 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2005/3366.pdf | format=pdf}}</ref>

The [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2015|2015 regional election]] was won by Johannes Antsino (SWAPO) with 1,774 votes, followed by Magrietha Peter of the [[United Democratic Front (Namibia)|United Democratic Front]] (UDF) with 1,063 votes. [[Independent candidate]] Uaundja Mazenge finished third with 355 votes, followed by John Kelly of the [[Democratic Turnhalle Alliance]] (DTA) with 273 votes and Ismael Frans of the [[Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)|Rally for Democracy and Progress]] (RDP) with 87 votes.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Regional Council Election Results 2015 | publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Namibia]] | date=3 December 2015 | pages=11–12 | url=http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208163948/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 | archivedate=8 December 2015 }}</ref> Antsino was re-elected in the [[2020 Namibian local and regional elections|2020 regional election]], again the only constituency in Kunene that SWAPO won. He received 1,059 votes. The independent Mazenge came second with 560 votes, followed by Willibard Jason (UDF, 539 votes), Elfriede Gaeses of the [[Landless People's Movement (Namibia)|Landless People's Movement]] (LPM, a new party registered in 2018, 407 votes) and Kaejarukapo Maekopo of the [[Popular Democratic Movement]] (PDM, the new name of the DTA) with 369 votes.<ref name=election2020/>

==See also==
* [[Administrative divisions of Namibia]]

== References ==
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