General elections were held in Namibia on 28 November 2014, although early voting took place in foreign polling stations and for seagoing personnel on 14 November. The elections were the first on the African continent to use electronic voting.[1][2]
A total of nine candidates ran for the presidency, whilst 16 political parties contested the National Assembly elections. Hage Geingob of the ruling SWAPO party, won the presidential elections with 87% of the vote. SWAPO also won the National Assembly elections, taking 80% of the vote.
Originally, incumbent President Pohamba predicted that twenty-two candidates would contest the presidential election.[3] In the end, only nine political parties submitted presidential candidates.[4]
SWAPO
In 2008, the SWAPO Central Committee produced a policy document stating that the party's candidate would be chosen for each election among the top four Committee members. In March 2011 SWAPO declared that whoever was the party's vice-president following the forthcoming party elections would also be the party's candidate in 2014 for president. Some high-level party members, particularly Kazenambo Kazenambo, advocated that SWAPO choose a non-Ovambo candidate, as the first two Presidents, Sam Nujoma and Pohamba, were from the Ovambo people. Others advocated the selection of a woman. SWAPO indicated that the candidate would be chosen democratically in the 2012 party election.[5]
SWAPO was viewed as the clear favorite going into the election.[2]
Parliamentary election
SWAPO announced a gender equality system where women would fill half of their seats in parliament. The party also embraced what it called a "zebra system", whereby if a minister was a woman, the deputy minister would be a man, and vice versa. Because there were more male SWAPO MPs than female MPs, SWAPO put forward plans to expand parliament to remove the risk of male MPs losing their seats as a result of this gender policy.[6] These changes to the constitution were approved a month prior to the election against the votes of opposition parties, as SWAPO had a two-thirds majority in Parliament.[7] Since then, instead of 78 seats (72 elected, 6 appointed) there 104 seats in the National Assembly (96 elected, 8 appointed).[8]
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^ abWendell Roelf, "Namibia's ruling party seen winning Africa's first electronic vote", Reuters, 28 November 2014.
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^. Electoral Commission of Namibia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
^Presidential race thrown wide open New Era, 14 March 2011
^Namibia's 'zebra' politics could make it stand out from the global herd The Guardian, 8 July 2014
^Iileka, Sakeus (11 November 2019). "Parties aim to break Swapo dominance". The Namibian. p. 1.
^Quadri, Maryam Omolara; Thomas, Erika K (2018). "Women and political participation in Namibia and Nigeria: a comparative analysis of women in elective positions" (PDF). Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. University of Namibia. 7 (2): 6–9. ISSN 2026-7215.
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General elections were held in Namibia on 28 November 2014 although early voting took place in foreign polling stations and for seagoing personnel on 14 November The elections were the first on the African continent to use electronic voting 1 2 2014 Namibian general election 2009 28 November 2014 2014 11 28 2019 Turnout71 76 Presidential election DTANominee Hage Geingob McHenry VenaaniParty SWAPO DTAPopular vote 772 528 44 271Percentage 86 73 4 97 Results by regionPresident before electionHifikepunye PohambaSWAPO Elected President Hage GeingobSWAPOA total of nine candidates ran for the presidency whilst 16 political parties contested the National Assembly elections Hage Geingob of the ruling SWAPO party won the presidential elections with 87 of the vote SWAPO also won the National Assembly elections taking 80 of the vote Contents 1 Presidential election 1 1 Candidates 1 2 SWAPO 2 Parliamentary election 3 Results 3 1 President 3 2 National Assembly 4 References 5 External linksPresidential election EditCandidates Edit Originally incumbent President Pohamba predicted that twenty two candidates would contest the presidential election 3 In the end only nine political parties submitted presidential candidates 4 SWAPO Edit In 2008 the SWAPO Central Committee produced a policy document stating that the party s candidate would be chosen for each election among the top four Committee members In March 2011 SWAPO declared that whoever was the party s vice president following the forthcoming party elections would also be the party s candidate in 2014 for president Some high level party members particularly Kazenambo Kazenambo advocated that SWAPO choose a non Ovambo candidate as the first two Presidents Sam Nujoma and Pohamba were from the Ovambo people Others advocated the selection of a woman SWAPO indicated that the candidate would be chosen democratically in the 2012 party election 5 SWAPO was viewed as the clear favorite going into the election 2 Parliamentary election EditSWAPO announced a gender equality system where women would fill half of their seats in parliament The party also embraced what it called a zebra system whereby if a minister was a woman the deputy minister would be a man and vice versa Because there were more male SWAPO MPs than female MPs SWAPO put forward plans to expand parliament to remove the risk of male MPs losing their seats as a result of this gender policy 6 These changes to the constitution were approved a month prior to the election against the votes of opposition parties as SWAPO had a two thirds majority in Parliament 7 Since then instead of 78 seats 72 elected 6 appointed there 104 seats in the National Assembly 96 elected 8 appointed 8 Results EditPresident Edit CandidatePartyVotes Hage GeingobSWAPO772 52886 73McHenry VenaaniDemocratic Turnhalle Alliance44 2714 97Hidipo HamutenyaRally for Democracy and Progress30 1973 39Asser MbaiNational Unity Democratic Organisation16 7401 88Henk MudgeRepublican Party8 6760 97Ignatius ShixwameniAll People s Party7 2660 82Usutuaije MaamberuaSWANU5 0280 56Ben UlengaCongress of Democrats3 5180 39Jan MukwilongoNamibian Economic Freedom Fighters2 5140 28Total890 738100 00Registered voters turnout1 241 194 Source EISANational Assembly Edit See also List of Members of the 6th National Assembly of Namibia PartyVotes Seats SWAPO715 02680 0177 23Democratic Turnhalle Alliance42 9334 805 3Rally for Democracy and Progress31 3723 513 5All People s Party20 4312 292 1United Democratic Front18 9452 1220National Unity Democratic Organisation17 9422 0120Workers Revolutionary Party13 3281 492 2SWANU6 3540 7110United People s Movement6 3530 711NewRepublican Party6 0990 6810Congress of Democrats3 4040 380 1Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters3 2590 360NewMonitor Action Group3 0730 3400Christian Democratic Voice2 6060 290NewNational Democratic Party1 3890 1600Democratic Party of Namibia1 1310 1300Appointed members8 2Total893 645100 00104 26Registered voters turnout1 241 194 Source ECNReferences Edit Namibia to be Africa s first to use e voting bdlive co za 15 November 2014 Retrieved 15 November 2014 a b Wendell Roelf Namibia s ruling party seen winning Africa s first electronic vote Reuters 28 November 2014 22 Presidential candidates for Namibian election The Villager 21 March 2014 Retrieved 25 May 2014 Presidential Candidates 2014 Elections Electoral Commission of Namibia Archived from the original PDF on 29 November 2014 Retrieved 15 November 2014 Presidential race thrown wide open New Era 14 March 2011 Namibia s zebra politics could make it stand out from the global herd The Guardian 8 July 2014 Iileka Sakeus 11 November 2019 Parties aim to break Swapo dominance The Namibian p 1 Quadri Maryam Omolara Thomas Erika K 2018 Women and political participation in Namibia and Nigeria a comparative analysis of women in elective positions PDF Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences University of Namibia 7 2 6 9 ISSN 2026 7215 External links EditElectronic Voter Machines on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2014 Namibian general election amp oldid 1137658876, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
