Namibia is a one party dominant state with the South-West Africa People's Organisation in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. In Namibian politics,

ethnicity An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...

plays a significant role in party affiliation and voting behaviour. Some parties are dominated by single ethnic groups; SWAPO itself, its government, and administration, is pre-dominantly

Ovambo Ovambo may refer to: *Ovambo language *Ovambo people * Ovamboland *Ovambo sparrowhawk The Ovambo or Ovampo sparrowhawk, also known as Hilgert's sparrowhawk, (''Accipiter ovampensis'') is a species of sub-Saharan African bird of prey in the famil ...

Parties with parliamentary seats

Parties with seats in the National Assembly of Namibia after the

2019 elections The following elections were scheduled to occur in 2019. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems has a calendar of upcoming elections around the world, and the National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections in coun ...

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german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation , SWAPO
SWAVO , Hage Geingob , Left-wing , Socialism
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af, Populêre Demokratiese Beweging , PDM , McHenry Venaani , Centre-right , Conservatism
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Landless People's Movement The Landless People's Movement was an independent social movement in South Africa. It consisted of rural people and people living in shack settlements in cities. The Landless People's Movement boycotted parliamentary elections and had a history ...

, LPM , Bernadus Swartbooi , Centre-left
to left-wing , Social democracy
Progressivism
Land reform
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Herero Herero may refer to: * Herero people, a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members alive today * Herero language, a language of the Bantu family (Niger-Congo group) * Herero and Namaqua Genocide * Herero chat, a species of b ...

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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 , Panduleni Itula , ,

Grassroots democracy Grassroots democracy is a tendency towards designing political processes that shift as much decision-making authority as practical to the organization's lowest geographic or social level of organization. Grassroots organizations can have a var ...

, , , - , bgcolor= , , All People's Party , APP , Ignatius Shixwameni , Centre-left , Social democracy , , , - , bgcolor= , ,

Republican Party Republican Party is a name used by many political parties around the world, though the term most commonly refers to the United States' Republican Party. Republican Party may also refer to: Africa *Republican Party (Liberia) * Republican Part ...

german: Republikanische Partei , RP ,

Henk Mudge Henry Ferdinand Mudge (known as Henk) (born February 18, 1952) is a Namibian politician and President of the Republican Party.Right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...

, Conservatism

Christian democracy Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

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Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters The Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) is a political party in Namibia. It was formed in June 2014. The party has close links to the South African Economic Freedom Fighters. Economically, the two parties are similar, with the NEFF descri ...

, NEFF ,

Epafras Mukwiilongo Hon. Jan Epafras M. Mukwilongo is a Namibian politician and a businessman. Founding leader and self-styled "Commander-in-Chief" of the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters in 24 June 2014. He was elected to the 7th National Assembly in 2019. The NE ...

Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars consider ...

, Marxism–Leninism
Pan-Africanism

Anti-capitalism Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. In this sense, anti-capitalists are those who wish to replace capitalism with another type of economic system, such as s ...

, , , - , bgcolor= , , Rally for Democracy and Progress , RDP , Faustus Thomas , Centre-left , Liberalism

African nationalism African nationalism is an umbrella term which refers to a group of political ideologies in sub-Saharan Africa, which are based on the idea of national self-determination and the creation of nation states.Christian Democratic Voice The Christian Democratic Voice (CDV) is a political party in Namibia. It was launched in 2014 and has about 8,000 members. Political position The Christian Democratic Voice has its main backing in pentecostal and charismatic Christians. The CDV ...

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Mike Kavekotora Mike Kamboto Ratoveni Kavekotora (born 16 October 1956 in Ombazu, Kunene Region) is a Namibian politician and member of parliament. He is the president of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), an opposition party. Education and Career Kav ...

Far-right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...

Christian fundamentalism Christian fundamentalism, also known as fundamental Christianity or fundamentalist Christianity, is a religious movement emphasizing biblical literalism. In its modern form, it began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among British and ...

Neo-Pentecostalism The Neo-charismatic (also third-wave charismatic or hypercharismatic) movement is a movement within evangelical Protestant Christianity that is composed of a diverse range of independent churches and organizations that emphasize the post-biblical ...

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Tangeni Iiyambo Tangeni Iiyambo is a Namibian politician. He is the president of the SWANU, South West Africa National Union (SWANU) since 2017. Tangeni Iiyambo has served in the National Assembly of Namibia since 2018. In the 2019 Namibian general election Iiyamb ...

, Left-wing ,

Democratic socialism Democratic socialism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing political philosophy that supports political democracy and some form of a socially owned economy, with a particular emphasis on economic democracy, workplace democracy, and workers' self- ...

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Unrepresented parties

The following parties contested the 2019 parliamentary elections but did not gain a seat, in the order of votes obtained: * Congress of Democrats (CoD) * National Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP gained a seat in the Katima Mulilo town council in the 2020 local authority election. * Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) * National Patriotic Front (NPF)

New parties

The following parties were established after the last parliamentary elections in 2019: *

(IPC). In 2020 it won the municipal elections in the commercial hubs Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, and 29 seats in different constituencies in Northern Namibia, hitherto considered an impenetrable

SWAPO 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 ...

stronghold. *

National Empowerment Fighting Corruption National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

(NEFC)

Parties of local relevance

The following parties did not contest the 2019 general elections but took part in the 2020 local authority election, and gained seats: *

Gobabis Residents' Association The Gobabis Residents' Association (GRA) is a local political party in Gobabis, Namibia. In the Namibian local and regional elections, 1998, 1998 municipal elections GRA won 3 out of 7 seats in the Gobabis council. After the elections, GRA teamed ...

, 1 seat in

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Karibib Ratepayers Association , nickname = , settlement_type = Town , motto = , image_skyline =Karibib aerial view.jpg , imagesize =300 , image_caption =Karibib aerial view 2017 , image_flag = , ...

, 1 seat in Karibib *

Monitor Action Group The Monitor Action Group is a political party in Namibia. The party came into existence as the transformation of the National Party of South West Africa in 1991, Kosie Pretorius became its first chairperson and served until his retirement from a ...

, 1 seat in Outjo *

Okahandja Rate Payers Association Okahandja is a city of 24,100 inhabitants in Otjozondjupa Region, central Namibia, and the district capital of the Okahandja electoral constituency. It is known as the ''Garden Town of Namibia''. It is located 70 km north of Windhoek on the ...

, 1 seat in Okahandja *

Omaruru Community Development Association Omaruru may refer to: * Omaruru, Namibia * Omaruru Constituency, Namibia * Omaruru River The Omaruru River is a major river crossing the Erongo Region of western central Namibia from East to West. It originates in the Etjo Mountains, crosses th ...

, 1 seat in Omaruru *

Rehoboth Independent Town Management Association Rehoboth may refer to: *Rehoboth (Bible), the name of three Biblical places Places Namibia *Rehoboth, Namibia *Rehoboth Ratepayers' Association *Rehoboth (homeland), a Baster territory in South West Africa (present-day Namibia) United States *Re ...

, 1 seat in Rehoboth * United People's Movement (UPM), 1 seat in Rehoboth *

Rundu Concerned Citizens Association Rundu is the capital and largest city of the Kavango-East Region in northern Namibia. It lies on the border with Angola on the banks of the Kavango River about above sea level. Rundu's population is growing rapidly. The 2001 census counted 36,96 ...

, 1 seat in Rundu *

Rundu Urban Community Association Rundu is the capital and largest city of the Kavango-East Region in northern Namibia. It lies on the border with Angola on the banks of the Kavango River about above sea level. Rundu's population is growing rapidly. The 2001 census counted 36,9 ...

, 1 seat in Rundu *

Swakopmund Residents Association Swakopmund (german: Mouth of the Swakop) is a city on the coast of western Namibia, west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road. It is the capital of the Erongo administrative district. The town has 44,725 inhabitants and covers ...

, 2 seats in Swakopmund * Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association, 1 seat in Walvis Bay * The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement was registered for the 2020 local elections as an association in the urban centres of Windhoek, Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. It gained two seats in the Windhoek municipality and won the 2020 mayoral election with

Job Amupanda Job Shipululo Amupanda (born 28 August 1987 in Omaalala, Oshana Region) is a Namibian activist and politician who served as Mayor of the City of Windhoek, in office from 2 December 2020 to 1 December 2021. He is an academic at the University of N ...

Defunct parties

;National parties * Communist Party of Namibia *

Democratic Action for Namas Democratic Action for Namas was a political party in Namibia with ethnic affiliation to the Nama people. The chairman was Willem Oasib Boois. It was founded on 20 November 1984. It was one of the parties that merged into the Federal Convention of ...

* Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN) *

Namibia African People's Democratic Organisation The Namibia African People's Democratic Organisation (NAPDO) was a political party in Namibia, based amongst the Damara people. It was founded in 1970. In 1972 NAPDO joined the National Convention (NC, later NNC). In 1976 NAPDO left the Namib ...

Namibian Democratic Movement for Change The Namibian Democratic Movement for Change (Nam DMC) is a Namibian political party. NMDC contested the 2004 election, but received just 4,138 votes, short of the minimum needed for a seat in the National Assembly. The party was founded in Octobe ...

* National Progressive Party *

Riemvasmaak United Party Riemvasmaak is a settlement in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name means ‘tighten the strap’ or ‘tied with straps’. Riemvasmaak is located near the Orange River, close to the Namibian ...

United Nama Independence People's Party The United Nama Independence People's Party was a short-lived political party in Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders wi ...

* United Namib Independence Party *

United Namibia People's Party The United Namibia People's Party was a political party in Namibia. It was formed in 1980, following a split in the SWAPO Democrats. The party leader was Hizipo Shikondombole. The party joined the Namibia National Front The Namibia National ...

;Local parties *

Civic Association of Henties Bay The Civic Association of Henties Bay is a local political party based in Henties Bay in the Erongo Region of Namibia. It contests local elections for the municipality of Henties Bay. In the 2004 local elections, the Civic Association won 3 seats ...

;Banned parties * United Democratic Party

References

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