National Assembly | |
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Type | |
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Lower House of the Parliament of Namibia
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Leadership | |
Speaker
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Seats | 104 |
Elections | |
Proportional representation and appointments by the President | |
Last election
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28 November 2014 |
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Parliament Building, Windhoek | |
Website | |
Parliament of Namibia |
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This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Namibia |
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Foreign relations |
The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. It has a total of 104 members. 96 members are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms. Eight additional members are appointed by the President.[1]
The current National Assembly was formed following elections on 28 November 2014. Since 2015, SWAPO member Peter Katjavivi has been the Speaker of the National Assembly.
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2014 elections
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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SWAPO | 715,026 | 80.01 | 77 | +23 |
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance | 42,933 | 4.80 | 5 | +3 |
Rally for Democracy and Progress | 31,372 | 3.51 | 3 | –5 |
All People's Party | 20,431 | 2.29 | 2 | +1 |
United Democratic Front | 18,945 | 2.12 | 2 | 0 |
National Unity Democratic Organisation | 17,942 | 2.01 | 2 | 0 |
Workers Revolutionary Party | 13,328 | 1.49 | 2 | +2 |
SWANU | 6,354 | 0.71 | 1 | 0 |
United People's Movement | 6,353 | 0.71 | 1 | New |
Republican Party | 6,099 | 0.68 | 1 | 0 |
Congress of Democrats | 3,404 | 0.38 | 0 | –1 |
Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,259 | 0.36 | 0 | New |
Monitor Action Group | 3,073 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 |
Christian Democratic Voice | 2,606 | 0.29 | 0 | New |
National Democratic Party | 1,389 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
Democratic Party of Namibia | 1,131 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 0 | – | – | – |
Total | 893,643 | 100 | 96 | +24 |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,241,194 | 72.00 | – | – |
Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia |
2009 elections
Parties | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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South West Africa People's Organization | 602,580 | 74.29 | 54 | ![]() |
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Rally for Democracy and Progress | 90,556 | 11.16 | 8 | ![]() |
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Democratic Turnhalle Alliance | 25,393 | 3.13 | 2 | ![]() |
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National Unity Democratic Organization | 24,422 | 3.01 | 2 | ![]() |
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United Democratic Front | 19,489 | 2.40 | 2 | ![]() |
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All People’s Party | 10,795 | 1.33 | 1 | ![]() |
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Republican Party | 6,541 | 0.81 | 1 | — | |
Congress of Democrats | 5,375 | 0.66 | 1 | ![]() |
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South West Africa National Union | 4,989 | 0.62 | 1 | ![]() |
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Monitor Action Group | 4,718 | 0.58 | 0 | ![]() |
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Democratic Party of Namibia | 1,942 | 0.24 | 0 | — | |
Namibian Democratic Movement for Change | 1,770 | 0.22 | 0 | — | |
National Democratic Party | 1,187 | 0.15 | 0 | — | |
Communist Party of Namibia | 810 | 0.10 | 0 | — | |
Valid votes | 800,567 | 98.70 | |||
Invalid votes | 10,576 | 1.30 | |||
Total (turnout %) | 811,143 | 100.0 | 72 | — | |
Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia |
Previous National Assembly election results
Political Party | Election Year | |||||||
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1989 | 1994 | 1999 | 2004 | |||||
South-West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) | 41 | 53 | 55 | 55 | ||||
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) | 21 | 15 | 07 | 04 | ||||
United Democratic Front (UDF) | 04 | 02 | 02 | 03 | ||||
Action Christian National (ACN) | 03 | - | - | - | ||||
Namibia Patriotic Front (NPF) | 01 | - | - | - | ||||
Federal Convention of Namibia (FCN) | 01 | - | - | - | ||||
Namibia National Front (NNF) | 01 | - | - | - | ||||
Democratic Coalition of Namibia (DCN) | - | 01 | - | - | ||||
Monitor Action Group (MAG) | - | 01 | 01 | 01 | ||||
Congress of Democrats (COD) | - | - | 07 | 05 | ||||
Others (NUDO, RP) | - | - | - | 04 | ||||
Total | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
Despite being a one party dominant state since its independence in 1990, Namibian elections have been transparent, free, and largely fair.[citation needed]
See also
- National Council of Namibia - the upper chamber of Parliament
- History of Namibia
- List of National Assemblies of Namibia
- List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Namibia
- Legislative Branch
- List of national legislatures
References
- ^ "GRN Structure. The Legislature". Government of Namibia. Retrieved 27 September 2011.