Uuvudhiya Constituency
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Uuvudhiya Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. The constituency office is situated in Engombe.[1] Uuvudhiya Constituency had a population of 4,114 in 2011, down from 4,378 in 2001.[2]
Geography
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Economy and infrastructure
The district road D3607 is the access road to Uuvudhiya constituency. There are no other proclaimed roads in the constituency; Transport is done on tracks that frequently become impassable during the raining season.[3]
Politics
Uuvudhiya constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Seblon Paulus received 2,099 of the 2,130 votes cast.[5] Councillor Paulus was reelected in the 2010 regional elections with 1,621 votes. His only challenger was Gabriel Jeremia of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) who received 19 votes.[6]
In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[7] For the 2020 regional election again no opposition candidate was fielded,[8] and Timoteus Shoopa a Shivute, the SWAPO candidate, was duly elected.[9]
References
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