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...

 held elections for their local and regional councils on 26 and 27 November 2010. The terms of regional councillors and local authority representatives were originally set to expire in 2009. As a local and regional election in 2009 would have meant to organise four different elections in one year, this part of the election was postponed and terms of office extended by one year.

Local election

Local elections determine the population of the village, town, and city councils and have a direct influence on who will become mayor, as this position is elected among all councillors. Contrary to the regional elections, local elections in Namibia are determined by party, not by individual. There are 50 local authorities in Namibia with a total of 327 seats.

The ruling SWAPO Party obtained representation in all local councils and won 226 seats all in all. Rally for Democracy and Progress

Rally for Democracy and Progress

Rally for Democracy and Progress can refer to:* Rally for Democracy and Progress * Rally for Democracy and Progress * Rally for Democracy and Progress * Rally for Democracy and Progress * Rally for Democracy and Progress...

 (RDP), the official opposition, managed to get into 36 local councils with a total of 48 seats in them.
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top width=350|Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats
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|align=left valign=top|South West Africa People's Organization
|valign="top"|226
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|align=left valign=top|Rally for Democracy and Progress

Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)

The Rally for Democracy and Progress is an opposition political party in Namibia. It was launched on November 17 2007 under the leadership of Hidipo Hamutenya and Jesaya Nyamu, both former leading members of the ruling SWAPO party and cabinet ministers. Hamutenya had unsuccessfully sought the SWAPO...

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|align=left valign=top|United Democratic Front

United Democratic Front (Namibia)

The United Democratic Front is a political party in Namibia. Justus Garoëb is the party's leader.-1989:The UDF received 37,874 votes in the 1989 election, which elected members to the Constituent Assembly of Namibia. The Constituent Assembly elected the first President and wrote Namibia's...

|valign="top"|23
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|align=left valign=top|Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
|valign="top"|16
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|align=left valign=top|National Unity Democratic Organization
|valign="top"|9
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|align=left valign=top|United People's Movement

United People's Movement (Namibia)

The United People's Movement formerly known as the Rehoboth Democratic Movement is a political party based in Rehoboth, Namibia. It formed in March 2010 and is headed by Willem Bismark van Wyk and former leading Democratic Turnhalle Alliance member Piet Junius...

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|align=left valign=top|All People’s Party

All People's Party (Namibia)

The All People's Party is a political party in Namibia.Registered with the Electoral Commission of Namibia in January 2008, the party was initially made up primarily of former members of the Congress of Democrats and SWAPO political parties...

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|align=left colspan=5|Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia
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