National Assembly (Namibia)

The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. Its laws must be approved by the National Council, the upper house. Since 2014, it has a total of 104 members. 96 members are directly elected through a system of closed list proportional representation and serve five-year terms.^[2] Eight additional members are appointed by the President. Since 2015, SWAPO member Peter Katjavivi has been the Speaker of the National Assembly.^[3]

National Assembly
7th National Assembly

Type
Type	Lower House of the Parliament of Namibia
History
Founded	21 March 1990^[1]
Leadership
Speaker	Peter Katjavivi, SWAPO since 21 March 2015
Deputy Speaker	Loide Kasingo, SWAPO since 21 March 2010
Structure
Seats	104

Political groups	Government (71) SWAPO (63) Appointed members (8) Official opposition (16) PDM (16) Other parties (17) LPM (4) NUDO (2) APP (2) UDF (2) RP (2) NEFF (2) RDP (1) CDV (1) SWANU (1)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Closed list proportional representation and appointments by the President
Last election	27 November 2019
Meeting place

Tintenpalast, Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
Website
Parliament of Namibia

Namibia's National Assembly emerged on Independence Day on 21 March 1990 from the Constituent Assembly of Namibia, following the elections of November 1989. That election, following guidelines established by the United Nations, included foreign observers in an effort to ensure a free and fair election process. The current National Assembly was formed following elections on 27 November 2019.

2019 elections edit

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	SWAPO	536,861	65.5	63	–14
	Popular Democratic Movement	136,576	16.6	16	+11
	Landless People's Movement	38,956	4.7	4	New
	National Unity Democratic Organisation	16,066	1.9	2	0
	All People's Party	14,664	1.8	2	0
	United Democratic Front	14,644	1.8	2	0
	Republican Party	14,546	1.8	2	+1
	Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters	13,580	1.7	2	+2
	Rally for Democracy and Progress	8,953	1.1	1	–2
	Christian Democratic Voice	5,841	0.7	1	+1
	SWANU	5,330	0.6	1	0
	Congress of Democrats	4,645	0.6	0	0
	National Democratic Party	4,559	0.6	0	0
	Workers Revolutionary Party	3,212	0.4	0	–2
	National Patriotic Front	1,785	0.2	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		0	–	–	–
Total		820,227	100	96	–
Registered voters/turnout		1,358,468	60.4	–	–
Source: ECN

Political party	Election Year
Political party	1989	1994	1999	2004	2009	2014
South-West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO)	41	53	55	55	54	77
Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)	-	-	-	-	8	3
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM)	21	15	7	4	2	5
United Democratic Front (UDF)	4	2	2	3	2	2
National Unity Democratic Organization (NUDO)	-	-	-	3	2	2
Congress of Democrats (COD)	-	-	7	5	1	0
Republican Party (RP)	-	-	-	1	1	1
South West Africa National Union (SWANU)	-	0	0	0	1	1
All People’s Party (APP)	-	-	-	-	1	2
Monitor Action Group (MAG)	-	1	1	1	0	0
Democratic Coalition of Namibia (DCN)	-	1	0	-	-	-
Federal Convention of Namibia (FCN)	1	0	0	-	-	-
Action Christian National (ACN)	3	-	-	-	-	-
Namibia Patriotic Front (NPF)	1	-	-	-	-	-
Namibia National Front (NNF)	1	-	-	-	-	-
Total	72	72	72	72	72	96

Despite being a one party dominant state since its independence in 1990, Namibian elections have been transparent, free, and largely fair.^[3]^[4]

^ . Archived from the original on 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
^ "Namibia". 5 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b . Electoral Commission of Namibia. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
^ "Namibia Rebel Group Wins Vote, But It Falls Short of Full Control". The New York Times. 15 November 1989. Retrieved 2014-06-20.