Outjo is an electoral constituency in the Kunene Region of Namibia. Its district capital is the town of Outjo, its population was 8,947 in 2004. , it has 9,197 registered voters.

Politics

The 2015 regional election was won by Johannes Antsino of the SWAPO Party with 1,774 votes, followed by Magrietha Peter of the United Democratic Front (UDF) with 1,063 votes.

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Uaundja Mazenge finished third with 355 votes, followed by John Kelly of the

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(DTA) with 273 votes and Ismael Frans of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 87 votes. Antsino was re-elected in the 2020 regional election, the only constituency in Kunene that SWAPO won. He received 1,059 votes. The independent Mazenge came second with 560 votes, followed by Willibard Jason (UDF, 539 votes), Elfriede Gaeses of the

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(LPM, a new party registered in 2018, 407 votes) and Kaejarukapo Maekopo of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA) with 369 votes.

References

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

Politics

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