2014 Namibian general election

None December 2022 Namibia presidential 2009 Namibian general election 2009 2014 11 28 yes 2019 Namibian general election 2019 yes Presidential election presidential Hage Geingob (cropped).jpg Hage Geingob SWAPO 772,528 86.73% McHenry Venaani speech 2017 (cropped).jpg McHenry Venaani DTA 44,271 4.97% 2014 Namibian presidential election by region.svg Results by region President Hifikepunye Pohamba SWAPO Hage Geingob SWAPO General elections were held in Namibia on 28 November 2014, although early voting took place in foreign polling stations and for seagoing personnel on 14 November. The elections were the first on the African continent to use electronic voting.15 November 2014 Namibia to be Africa's first to use e-voting http://www.bdlive.co.za/africa/africannews/2014/11/15/namibia-to-be-africas-first-to-use-e-voting bdlive.co.za 15 November 2014 29 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020652/http://www.bdlive.co.za/africa/africannews/2014/11/15/namibia-to-be-africas-first-to-use-e-voting dead Wendell Roelf, "Namibia's ruling party seen winning Africa's first electronic vote", Reuters, 28 November 2014. A total of nine candidates ran for the presidency, whilst 16 political parties contested the National Assembly elections. Hage Geingob of the ruling SWAPO party won the presidential elections with 87% of the vote. SWAPO also won the National Assembly elections, taking 80% of the vote.Publication of results and particulars in respect of general election for election of members of National Assembly: Electoral Act, 2014 Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia 5641 3–7 Government of Namibia 30 December 2014 https://www.lac.org.na/laws/2015/5641.pdf Presidential election Candidates Originally, incumbent President Pohamba predicted that twenty-two candidates would contest the presidential election. http://www.thevillager.com.na/articles/5982/22-Presidential-candidates-for-Namibian-election/ 22 Presidential candidates for Namibian election 21 March 2014 25 May 2014 The Villager In the end, only nine political parties submitted presidential candidates.http://www.ecn.na/documents/218632/1169913/Presidential+Candidates+2014.pdf/539a4678-929f-4132-bbb2-9eaaad94daf7 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041847/http://www.ecn.na/documents/218632/1169913/Presidential+Candidates+2014.pdf/539a4678-929f-4132-bbb2-9eaaad94daf7 dead 29 November 2014 Presidential Candidates: 2014 Elections PDF Electoral Commission of Namibia 15 November 2014 SWAPO In 2008, the SWAPO Central Committee produced a policy document stating that the party's candidate would be chosen for each election among the top four Committee members. In March 2011 SWAPO declared that whoever was the party's vice-president following the forthcoming party elections would also be the party's candidate in 2014 for president. Some high-level party members, particularly Kazenambo Kazenambo, advocated that SWAPO choose a non-Ovambo candidate, as the first two Presidents, Sam Nujoma and Pohamba, were from the Ovambo people. Others advocated the selection of a woman. SWAPO indicated that the candidate would be chosen democratically in the 2012 party election.Presidential race thrown wide open New Era, 14 March 2011 SWAPO was viewed as the clear favorite going into the election. Parliamentary election SWAPO announced a gender equality system where women would fill half of the party's seats in parliament. The party also embraced what it called a "zebra system", whereby if a minister was a woman, the deputy minister would be a man, and vice versa. Because there were more male SWAPO MPs than female MPs, SWAPO put forward plans to expand parliament to remove the risk of male MPs losing their seats as a result of this gender policy.Namibia's 'zebra' politics could make it stand out from the global herd The Guardian, 8 July 2014 These changes to the constitution were approved a month prior to the election against the votes of opposition parties, as SWAPO had a two-thirds majority in parliament.Parties aim to break Swapo dominance Iileka Sakeus The Namibian 11 November 2019 1 https://www.namibian.com.na/85345/read/Parties-aim-to-break-Swapo-dominance 12 November 2019 11 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191112180027/https://www.namibian.com.na/85345/read/Parties-aim-to-break-Swapo-dominance dead Since then, instead of 78 seats (72 elected, 6 appointed) there are 104 seats in the National Assembly (96 elected, 8 appointed).Women and political participation in Namibia and Nigeria: a comparative analysis of women in elective positions Maryam Omolara Quadri Erika K Thomas Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences University of Namibia 7 2 2018 2026-7215 6–9 http://repository.unam.edu.na/bitstream/handle/11070/2426/quadri_women_2018.pdf Results President Hage Geingob SWAPO 772528 McHenry Venaani Democratic Turnhalle Alliance 44271 Hidipo Hamutenya Rally for Democracy and Progress 30197 Asser Mbai National Unity Democratic Organisation 16740 Henk Mudge Republican Party 8676 Ignatius Shixwameni All People's Party 7266 Usutuaije Maamberua SWANU 5028 Ben Ulenga Congress of Democrats 3518 Jan Mukwilongo Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters 2514 1241194 ECN National Assembly List of Members of the 6th National Assembly of Namibia File:Seating of National Assembly of Namibia.svg SWAPO 715026 77 +23 Democratic Turnhalle Alliance 42933 5 +3 Rally for Democracy and Progress 31372 3 –5 All People's Party 20431 2 +1 United Democratic Front 18945 2 0 National Unity Democratic Organisation 17942 2 0 Workers Revolutionary Party 13328 2 +2 red SWANU 6354 1 0 United People's Movement 6353 1 New Republican Party 6099 1 0 Congress of Democrats 3404 0 –1 Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters 3259 0 New Monitor Action Group 3073 0 0 Christian Democratic Voice 2606 0 New National Democratic Party 1389 0 0 Democratic Party of Namibia 1131 0 0 Appointed members 8 +2 +26 1241194 ECN References External links t822-cu1q5c Electronic Voter Machines Category:Presidential elections in Namibia Category:Parliamentary elections in Namibia General Namibia Category:National Assembly (Namibia) Namibia