KATIMA MULILO – Despite some challenges faced, ranging from ballot paper shortages to malfunctioning verification devices, the electoral body has assured that citizens who showed up at polling stations cast their votes. New Era visited various constituencies where polling stations were erected, and observed that some stations faced a shortage of ballot papers, and devices...
OMBOTO – Only 29 eligible voters cast their votes at the Omboto polling station in the Oshikoto region on Friday, the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s (ECN) electoral officer for Oshikoto, Ester Hipangelwa, has said. Hipangelwa in an interview with Nampa on Friday attributed the low turnout to poor road conditions in the Nehale Lyampingana constituency,...
More than 30 voters travelled by bus from the Omatako constituency in the Otjozondjupa region to Windhoek on Saturday to cast their votes at the TransNamib Hall polling station. The Khomas region is one of the few regions alongside the Oshana, Oshikoto and Kunene regions to have one or more identified polling stations that were...
SWAKOPMUND – The preliminary results of the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections for the Daures constituency are as follows: Presidential elections: Ambrosius Kumba – 13Bernadus Swartbooi – 349Epafras Mukwiilongo – 16Erastus Shuumbwa – 20Evilastus Kaaronda – 162Festus Thomas – 13Henk Mudge – 28Hendrik Gaobaeb – 950Job Amupanda – 50McHenry Venaani – 658Mike Kavekotora –...
The TransNamib polling station in the Windhoek West constituency accommodated about 5 900 voters who were fortunate enough to cast their ballots after the extended period, the Electoral Commission of Namibia stated. In the scorching heat, Namibians braced for the unbearable weather, and ultimately voted in the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The ECN,...
Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi on Saturday called on the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s chairperson Elsie Nghikembua, commissioners, and staff to resign. This comes after the ECN experienced several difficulties at the polls including polling stations running out of ballot papers, malfunctioning verification devices and some voters not getting the opportunity to vote in...
Namibian Police Force supremo, Inspector General Joseph Shikongo has commended the peaceful process in which Namibia’s elections, which began Wednesday and ended on Saturday, were held. In an interview at the TransNamib polling station in Windhoek on Saturday, Shikongo told Nampa the Namibian Police Force has been monitoring the situation across all 14 regions, via...
Eba Kandovazu Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) leader Panduleni Itula, announced on Saturday that his party will not recognise or accept the results of the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections. At an urgent press briefing, Itula called for the elections to be re-run, citing irregularities in the voting process, which commenced on Wednesday and...
Suzith Tjitaura KEETMANSHOOP – The Head of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM), Anne Makinda has commended Namibians people for maintaining a peaceful political environment during the pre-election period. Makinda, who made these remarks in her preliminary statement on the conduct of the Namibia 2024 Presidential and National Assembly Elections, urged...
Accusations of incompetence and unpreparedness levelled against the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) have sparked outrage among opposition political parties and citizens alike, with many questioning the integrity of Wednesday’s elections. By the time polling stations were set to close on that evening, the mood across Namibia was one of despair and frustration. While some...