Otamanzi 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
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 13,495 inhabitants in 2004 and 7,427 registered voters .
Its district capital is the settlement of
Otamanzi, it further contains the settlements of
Onandjo,
Kelimwe,
Etilyasa,
Onanyala,
Onkani,
Iiyekeya,
Epato,
Amarika,
Etsikilo, and
Onkaankaa, Okeendapa
Politics
Otamanzi 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 Johannes Iiyambo won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.
Councillor Iiyambo (SWAPO) was reelected in the
2020 regional election. He obtained 3,325 votes, far ahead of Petrus Amunimwe of the
Independent Patriots for Change
The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) is a political party in Namibia. It was founded by Panduleni Itula in August 2020. As an independent presidential candidate in the 2019 Namibian general election, November 2019 election, Itula won the b ...
(IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020), who obtained 332 votes.
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References
Constituencies of Omusati Region
States and territories established in 1992
1992 establishments in Namibia
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