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Onesi Constituency is an
electoral constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provid ...
in the
Omusati Region Omusati (the Oshindonga word for Mopane, 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 ...
of
Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...
on the border to
Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
. It had 9,941 registered voters . Its district capital is the settlement of Onesi. Onesi Constituency covers an area of . It had a population of 13,149 in 2011, up from 12,995 in 2001.


Politics

Onesi constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the
South West Africa People's Organization The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO ; , SWAVO; , SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been ...
(SWAPO) party. The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Fillemon Jatileni. He received 4,501 of the 4,573 votes cast. In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Titus Kanyele won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate. The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin. Festus Petrus obtained 4,223 votes, followed by Johannes Amunyela 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 election, Itula won the best result of a losing candidate in a ...
(IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 322 votes.


References

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