Elim 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 ...

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

. It had 15,210 inhabitants in 2004 and 7,883 registered voters . Its district capital is the settlement of Elim. Elim borders to the north and west to the constituencies

Okalongo Okalongo is a settlement in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia, situated from Outapi. It is the district capital of the Okalongo Constituency. Okalongo and the surrounding area is inhabited by the Ombadja tribe of the Ovambadja people that ...

and

Oshikuku Oshikuku is a town in Omusati Region in the north of Namibia. It is the district capital of Oshikuku Constituency. Oshikuku features a secondary school, Nuuyoma Senior Secondary School, and a hospital. Its neighbouring villages are Outapi, El ...

and in the east to the

Oshana Region Oshana is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Oshakati. The towns of Oshakati, Ongwediva and Ondangwa, all situated with this region, form an urban cluster with the second largest population concentration in Namibia after the ...

. There are a number of villages in the constituency, some being: Onashiku, Iiyale, Iino, Olupumbu, Iiyanguti, Olupembana, Ondangwa, Onegali, Onamega. The constituency contains the homestead of

Iipumpu Ya Tshilongo Iipumbu ya Tshilongo (1875–1959) was king of the Uukwambi, an Ovambo clan in Namibia, from 1907 to 1932. He is one of the national heroes of Namibia. Biography Iipumbu ya Tshilongo was born in 1873 in Onatshiku, a settlement near Elim, today in ...

, king of the

Uukwambi Uukwambi is a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people in what is today northern Namibia. Its capital is Elim. The last king of Uukwambi was Iipumbu yaTshirongo, who was toppled by the South African authorities in 1932. Nowadays the highest trad ...

from 1907 to 1932. The homestead in Onashiku was proclaimed a national monument in 2014, and de-proclaimed a few months later.

Politics

Elim constituency 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 Gerhard Shiimi won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate. Councillor Shiimi (SWAPO) was reelected in the 2020 regional election. He obtained 2,775 votes, far ahead of Kilian Amupolo, an

independent candidate An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views th ...

with 511 votes.

References

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