Namibian local and regional elections, 2015

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Namibia will hold elections for their local and regional councils on 27 November 2015.[1]

Regional election

There are 121 constituency councillors to be elected. In twenty-six of them SWAPO was announced as winner in October because no opposition party nominated a candidate.[1]

Local election

Local elections determine the population of the village, town, and city councils and have a direct influence on who will become mayor, as this position is elected among all councillors. Contrary to the regional elections, local elections in Namibia are determined by party, not by individual. There are 57 local authorities to be elected. In five of them (Okahao, Omuthiyagwiipundi, Oniipa, Outapi and Tsandi) SWAPO was announced as winner in October because no opposition party nominated a candidate.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.


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