General elections were held in Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

 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

National Assembly of Namibia

The National Assembly of Namibia is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. It has a total of 78 members. 72 members are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms. Six additional members are appointed by the President.The...

. Both elections were won by SWAPO, who won 53 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate, Sam Nujoma

Sam Nujoma

Samuel Daniel Shafiishuna Nujoma is a Namibian politician who was the first President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005. He led the South-West Africa People's Organisation in its long struggle against South African rule and took office as President when Namibia obtained independence on 21 March 1990...

, won the presidential election.

Of the 654,189 registered voters, 497,499 cast votes, giving a turnout of 76.05%.

Presidential election

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Sam Nujoma Sam Nujoma Samuel Daniel Shafiishuna Nujoma is a Namibian politician who was the first President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005. He led the South-West Africa People's Organisation in its long struggle against South African rule and took office as President when Namibia obtained independence on 21 March 1990...	South West Africa People's Organization	370,452	76.34
Mishake Muyongo Mishake Muyongo Mishake Muyongo is a Namibian politician and former Member of Parliament who is living in exile in Denmark.Muyongo was born in Linyanti. In September 1964 Muyongo became President of the Caprivi African National Union when its leader Simbwaye was arrested and disappeared in South-African custody...	Democratic Turnhalle Alliance	114,843	26.66
Invalid/blank votes		12,213	-
Total		497,508	100
Source: EISA

National Assembly election

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
South West Africa People's Organization	361,800	73.89	53
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance	101,748	20.78	15
United Democratic Front United Democratic Front *United Democratic Front *United Democratic Front *United Democratic Front , a political party in Malawi, which won the 2005 general election.*United Democratic Front *United Democratic Front...	13,309	2.72	2
Democratic Coalition of Namibia Democratic Coalition of Namibia -History:It was founded in 1994 by Moses Katjiuongua, who was elected to the Namibian as the party's sole representative from 1994–1999. The party did not contest the 2004 Nambian general election and was deregistered in 2009....	4,058	0.83	1
Monitor Action Group Monitor Action Group The Monitor Action Group is a political party in Namibia. The party is based among conservative White Namibians, with most of the top leadership having served in the government of apartheid South West Africa...	4,005	0.8	1
South West African National Union South West African National Union The South West Africa National Union is the oldest political party in Namibia, formed in 1959. The most of its members came from the Herero people, while fellow independence movement SWAPO was mostly an Ovambo party. The party's President is Usutuaije Maamberua.The first President of SWANU was...	2,598	0.53	0
Federal Convention of Namibia Federal Convention of Namibia The Federal Convention of Namibia was a political party based in Rehoboth, Namibia. It was founded in 1988 by Hans Diergaardt and led by him until his death in 1998. After that, Kephes Conradie took over the leadership of the party. It claimed to represent Namibia's coloured population...	1,166	0.24	0
Workers Revolutionary Party	952	0.19	0
Invalid/blank votes	7,863	-	-
Total	497,499	100	72
Source: EISA