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The '''Democratic Party of Namibia''' is a [[political party]] in [[Namibia]], launched in July 2008 at [[Keetmanshoop]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.namibian.com.na/44437/archive-read/New-party-launched-in-South | title = New party launched in South | last=Cloete | first=Luqman | newspaper=[[The Namibian]] | date = 7 July 2008}}</ref> <br />
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Although it constitutes an initiative of the [[Nama people]], the party plans to focus on all ethnic minorities in Namibia. It positions itself in clear opposition to [[SWAPO]], the currently ruling party of Namibia. The party's interim president is [[Salomon Dawid Isaacs]].<ref>[http://www.namibian.com.na/news-articles/national/full-story/archive/2009/january/article/dpn-doesnt-want-goats-for-blood/ DPN doesn’t want ‘goats for blood’] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607184001/http://www.namibian.com.na/news-articles/national/full-story/archive/2009/january/article/dpn-doesnt-want-goats-for-blood/ |date=2011-06-07 }} ''[[The Namibian]]'', 20 January 2009</ref><br />
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==Election results==<br />
The DPN contested the [[Namibian general election, 2009|2009 general election]]. It finished in eleventh of fourteen parties in voting for the [[National Assembly of Namibia]] and did not win a seat. The party's candidate for president, [[David Isaacs (politician)|David Isaacs]], finished tenth of twelve candidates.<br />
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The party won a seat in the [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2010|2010 local elections]] in the [[Karasburg]] City Council.<ref name=NamibianJan25/> In January 2011, the party suspended two members, including an executive committee member, for siding with [[SWAPO]] against the directive of the party's central committee during the internal city council elections in Karasburg. Another member had been removed from the council but later re-added after showing remorse.<ref name=NamibianJan25>[http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2011/january/article/dpn-suspends-two-members/ DPN suspends two members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126111231/http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2011/january/article/dpn-suspends-two-members/ |date=2011-01-26 }} ''[[The Namibian]]'', 25 January 2011</ref><br />
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The party's election results further deteriorated [[2014 Namibian general election|in 2014]] where it finished last. It did not contest the [[2019 Namibian general election]].<ref name=reduced>{{cite news | url=https://www.namibian.com.na/86045/read/Reduced-victory--Swapo-Geingob-drop-votes | newspaper=[[The Namibian]] | title = Reduced victory ... Swapo, Geingob drop votes | last=Iikela | first=Sakeus | date=2 December 2019 | page=1}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
{{Namibian political parties}}<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Namibia]]<br />
[[Category:Nama people]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties established in 2008]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties in Namibia]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties of minorities in Namibia]]<br />
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