National Assembly (Namibia)

National Assembly
Type
Type	Lower House of the Parliament of Namibia
Leadership
Speaker	Peter Katjavivi, SWAPO Since 2015
Seats	104
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation and appointments by the President
Last election	28 November 2014
Meeting place
Parliament Building, Windhoek
Website
Parliament of Namibia

The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. It has a total of 104 members. 96 members are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms. Eight additional members are appointed by the President.^[1]

The current National Assembly was formed following elections on 28 November 2014. Since 2015, SWAPO member Peter Katjavivi has been the Speaker of the National Assembly.

2014 elections

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
SWAPO	715,026	80.01	77	+23
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance	42,933	4.80	5	+3
Rally for Democracy and Progress	31,372	3.51	3	–5
All People's Party	20,431	2.29	2	+1
United Democratic Front	18,945	2.12	2	0
National Unity Democratic Organisation	17,941	2.01	2	0
Communist Party of Namibia	13,328	1.49	2	+2
SWANU	6,354	0.71	1	0
United People's Movement	6,353	0.71	1	New
Republican Party	6,099	0.68	1	0
Congress of Democrats	3,402	0.38	0	–1
Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters	3,259	0.36	0	New
Monitor Action Group	3,073	0.34	0	0
Christian Democratic Voice	2,606	0.29	0	New
National Democratic Party	1,389	0.16	0	0
Democratic Party of Namibia	1,132	0.13	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	0	–	–	–
Total	893,643	100	96	+24
Registered voters/turnout	1,241,194	72.00	–	–
Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia

2009 elections

 Summary of the 27 and 28 November 2009 National Assembly of Namibia election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	South West Africa People's Organization	602,580	74.29	54	1
	Rally for Democracy and Progress	90,556	11.16	8	8
	Democratic Turnhalle Alliance	25,393	3.13	2	2
	National Unity Democratic Organization	24,422	3.01	2	1
	United Democratic Front	19,489	2.40	2	1
	All People’s Party	10,795	1.33	1	1
	Republican Party	6,541	0.81	1	—
	Congress of Democrats	5,375	0.66	1	4
	South West Africa National Union	4,989	0.62	1	1
	Monitor Action Group	4,718	0.58	0	1
	Democratic Party of Namibia	1,942	0.24	0	—
	Namibian Democratic Movement for Change	1,770	0.22	0	—
	National Democratic Party	1,187	0.15	0	—
	Communist Party of Namibia	810	0.10	0	—
Valid votes		800,567	98.70
Invalid votes		10,576	1.30
Total (turnout %)		811,143	100.0	72	—
Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia

Previous National Assembly election results

Political Party	Election Year
1989	1994	1999	2004
South-West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO)	41	53	55	55
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA)	21	15	07	04
United Democratic Front (UDF)	04	02	02	03
Action Christian National (ACN)	03	-	-	-
Namibia Patriotic Front (NPF)	01	-	-	-
Federal Convention of Namibia (FCN)	01	-	-	-
Namibia National Front (NNF)	01	-	-	-
Democratic Coalition of Namibia (DCN)	-	01	-	-
Monitor Action Group (MAG)	-	01	01	01
Congress of Democrats (COD)	-	-	07	05
Others (NUDO, RP)	-	-	-	04
Total	72	72	72	72

Despite being a one party dominant state since its independence in 1990, Namibian elections have been transparent, free, and largely fair.

See also

• National Council of Namibia - the upper chamber of Parliament
• History of Namibia
• List of National Assemblies of Namibia
• List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Namibia
• Legislative Branch
• List of national legislatures

References

1. "GRN Structure. The Legislature". Government of Namibia. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

External links

• Official website