Ongenga Constituency

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.

Location of Ongenga constituency (yellow) in the Ohangwena Region (dark grey)

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]

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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.


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