1994 Namibian general election

General elections were held in Namibia on 4 and 5 December 1994. There were two votes, one for president (the first time a president had been directly elected) and one for the National Assembly. Both elections were won by SWAPO, who won 53 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate, Sam Nujoma, won the presidential election.[1]

1994 Namibian general election

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Presidential election
Turnout76.05%
 
Nominee Sam Nujoma Mishake Muyongo
Party SWAPO DTA
Popular vote 370,452 114,843
Percentage 76.34% 23.66%

Results by region

President before election

Sam Nujoma
SWAPO

Elected President

Sam Nujoma
SWAPO

Results edit

President edit

CandidatePartyVotes%
Sam NujomaSWAPO370,45276.34
Mishake MuyongoDemocratic Turnhalle Alliance114,84323.66
Total485,295100.00
Valid votes485,29597.55
Invalid/blank votes12,2132.45
Total votes497,508100.00
Registered voters/turnout654,18976.05
Source: EISA

National Assembly edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
SWAPO361,80073.8953+12
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance101,74820.7815–6
United Democratic Front13,3092.722–2
Democratic Coalition of Namibia4,0580.8310
Monitor Action Group4,0050.821New
SWANU2,5980.530New
Federal Convention of Namibia1,1660.240–1
Workers Revolutionary Party9520.190New
Appointed members60
Total489,636100.00780
Valid votes489,63698.42
Invalid/blank votes7,8631.58
Total votes497,499100.00
Registered voters/turnout654,18976.05
Source: EISA

By region edit

Region DCN DTA FCN MAG SWANU SWAPO UDF WRP
Caprivi 125 11,868 44 25 37 11,765 183 30
Erongo 297 8,138 75 546 268 18,955 3,200 41
Hardap 206 9,613 255 465 122 7,385 325 68
ǁKaras 191 8,630 157 530 178 12,362 421 60
Kavango 98 3,570 37 23 82 19,884 162 74
Khomas 935 19,609 192 793 555 33,269 2,124 169
Kunene 635 6,883 62 267 69 5,840 3,484 34
Ohangwena 53 285 32 11 106 58,797 145 86
Omaheke 328 10,562 69 432 435 6,054 194 35
Omusati 31 179 15 12 139 70,564 189 86
Oshana 146 1,509 28 14 116 50,722 171 57
Oshikoto 80 2,412 38 128 160 43,275 591 92
Otjozondjupa 825 15,870 130 657 240 15,137 1,839 92
Source: The Namibian[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Members of the National Assembly" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 1003. Government of Namibia. 23 September 1994. pp. 2–5.
  2. ^ "Your Guide to the Results. Facts and Figures" The Namibian, 25 November 2014, p2