The Democratic Coalition of Namibia (DCN) was a 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 with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and e ...

History

The DCN was founded in 1994 as the successor of the Namibia Patriotic Front (NPF) which already had a seat in Parliament. Several members of the

Democratic Turnhalle Alliance The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic ...

and the

Action Christian National Action Christian National (ACN) was a white nationalist political party in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). The ACN was established in 1989 to enable whites to participate in the elections. It used to be aligned with the National Party of S ...

also joined the new party.

Election results

The DCN contested the

1994 Namibian general election General elections were held in Namibia on 4 and 5 December 1994. There were two votes, one for president (the first time a president had been directly elected) and one for the National Assembly. Both elections were won by SWAPO The South W ...

. After winning only one seat the party's sole representative in the

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became party leader

Moses Katjiuongua Moses Katjikuru Katjiuongua (24 April 1942 – 8 March 2011) was a Namibian politician, minister in the Transitional Government of National Unity, member of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia, and member of the National Assembly of Namibia. Early ...

. The party did not contest the

2004 Namibian general election General elections were held in Namibia on 15 and 16 November 2004 to elect the President and National Assembly. The National Assembly election resulted in a landslide win for SWAPO, which won 55 of the 78 seats with over 75% of the vote. SWAPO's c ...

and was deregistered in 2009.

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(November 2009).
"Namibia: Unregistered and Defunct Parties"
.

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. Retrieved 26 March 2011.

References

Defunct political parties in Namibia Political parties disestablished in 2009 Political parties established in 1994 1994 establishments in Namibia {{Namibia-party-stub

History

Election results

See also

References