More than one million Namibians voted in the presidential and National Assembly elections
More than one million Namibians voted in the presidential and National Assembly elections, with a turnout of 74.21%, according to the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN). This is out of a total of 1 449 569 registered voters in 121 constituencies across the country.
In the National Assembly election, over 1 160 000 out of nearly 1 450 000 braced the long and slow queues to pick their preferred political party lawmakers. The information contained on the official results site of the ECN does not indicate the voter turnout before some polling stations were reopened for voting on Friday and Saturday. In the latest results released by the ECN, Swapo’s Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has taken an early lead with 54.82% after 50% of the votes were announced, with over 500 000 outstanding. Independent Patriots for Change’s Panduleni Itula was at 29.09% and Landless People’s Movement’s Bernadus Swartbooi at 6.34%. To speak to us on this, we are joined by political analyst Rekkel Andreas
