General Information
At Stake in this Election:
96 seats in Namibia’s National Assembly *
* A 2014 electoral law increased the number of seats to 96 from 72[1].
Government Structure:
- Chief of State: President Hage GEINGOB (since March 21, 2015)
- Head of Government: President Hage GEINGOB (since March 21, 2015)
- Assembly: Namibia has a bicameral Legislature consisting of the National Council with 26 seats and the National Assembly with 96 seats.
Electoral System:
- The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 5-year term.
- In the National Council 26 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 6-year terms.*
- In the National Assembly, 96 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms and 6 non-voting members are appointed by the president.**
* Two members are chosen from each of the 13 regional councils by members of those councils.
** There are 13 multi-member constituencies corresponding to Namibia's regions.
Main Parties in this Election:
There are 15 political parties that submitted lists for the National Assembly.
- Party: All People’s Party (APP)
- Leader: Ignatius SHIXWAMENI
- Seats won in last election: 2
- Party: Christian Democratic Voice (CDV)
- Leader: Faustus THOMAS
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Party: Congress of Democrats (COD)
- Leader: Ben ULENGA
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Party: Landless People’s Movement (LPM)
- Leader: Bernadus SWARTBOOI
- Seats won in last election: N/A
- Party: Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF)
- Leader: Epafras MUKWIILONGO
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Party: Namibia Patriotic Front (NPF)
- Leader: Uapiruka PAPAMA (Acting Secretary-General)
- Seats won in last election: N/A
- Party: National Democratic Party (NDP)
- Leader: N/A
- Seats won in last election: 0
- Party: National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO)
- Leader: Esther Utjiua MUINJANGUE
- Seats won in last election: 2
- Party: Popular Democratic Movement (PDM)
- Leader: McHenry VENAANI
- Seats won in last election: 5
- Party: Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)
- Leader: Mike KAVEKOTORA
- Seats won in last election: 3
- Party: Republican Party (RP)
- Leader: Henk MUDGE
- Seats won in last election: 1
- Party: SWANU of Namibia (SWANU)
- Leader: Tangeni IIJAMBO
- Seats won in last election: 1
- Party: SWAPO Party of Namibia (SWAPO)
- Leader: Hage GEINGOB
- Seats won in last election: 77
- Party: United Democratic Front of Namibia (UDF)
- Leader: Justus GAROËB (Former Leader)
- Seats won in last election: 2
- Party: Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP)
- Leader: Attie BEUKES, Harry BOESAK
- Seats won in last election: 2
Population and Registered Voters:
Gender Data:
- Female Population: 1,286,000[4]
- Is Namibia a signatory to CEDAW: No
- Has Namibia ratified CEDAW: Yes (23 November 1992)[5]
- Gender Quota: No
- Female Candidates in this election:
- Number of Female Legislators: 48 (46%)[6]
- Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 129[7]
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low[8]
Disability Data:
- Is Namibia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (25 April 2007)[9]
- Has Namibia ratified CRPD: Yes 4 December 2007)[10]
- Population with a disability: 331,846 (2019 est.)[11]