Namibia held elections for its local and regional councils on 26 and 27 November 2010.
The terms of regional councillors and local authority representatives were originally set to expire in 2009.
[2] Local elections determine the population of the village, town, and city councils and have a direct influence on who will become mayor, as this position is elected among all councillors.
[3] The ruling SWAPO Party obtained representation in all local councils and won 226 seats.
Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), the official opposition, managed to get into 36 local councils with a total of 48 seats.