Outapi Constituency (until 1998 Uutapi Constituency) is an electoral constituency 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 ...

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on the border of

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. It had 23,516 registered voters . Its district capital is the town of

Outapi Outapi wa Nakafingo na Temba, also Outapi or Uutapi and Ombalantu, is a town in northern Namibia near the border with Angola, situated northwest of Oshakati. It is the capital of the Omusati region and the district capital of the Outapi electo ...

. Outapi Constituency covers an area of . It had a population of 36,934 in 2011, up from 13,121 in 2001.

Politics

Outapi constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the

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(SWAPO) party. The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Tataati Simon Shilekah. He received 9,802 of the 9,861 votes cast. In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Fillemon Shikwambi won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate. The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin. Immanuel Shikongo obtained 8,682 votes, followed by Frans Taapopi of the

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(IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 1,094 votes.

References

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