Anamulenge Constituency is an

electoral constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...

in the

Omusati Region Omusati ( ng, Mopane, after the dominant tree in the area) is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Outapi. The towns of Okahao, Oshikuku and Ruacana as well as the self-governed village Tsandi are situated in this region. , Omus ...

of northern

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. It had 12,470 inhabitants in 2004 and 11,186 registered voters . Its district capital is the settlement of

Anamulenge Anamulenge is a settlement and former Catholic mission station in the Omusati Region in the north of Namibia in the Ombalantu tribal area. It is the centre of the Anamulenge Constituency Anamulenge Constituency is an electoral constituency in ...

Settlements

Onhokolo Onhokolo is a settlement of about 1,000 inhabitants in the north of Namibia in Omusati Region. It is situated from the regional capital Outapi Outapi wa Nakafingo na Temba, also Outapi or Uutapi and Ombalantu, is a town in northern Namibia near ...

Politics

Anamulenge is traditionally a stronghold of the

South West Africa People's Organization The South West Africa People's Organisation (, SWAPO; af, Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former ind ...

(SWAPO) party. In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Werner Kalipi won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate. The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a landslide. Tylves Angala obtained 3,664 votes, followed by

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Erphas Heita with 361 votes and Joseph Shiningayamwe of the

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(IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 241 votes.

References

Constituencies of Omusati Region States and territories established in 1992 1992 establishments in Namibia {{Namibia-gov-stub