Ohangwena Constituency

[1] It is named after the settlement of Ohangwena, today part of the town Helao Nafidi.

[3] As is common in all constituencies of former Owamboland, Namibia's ruling SWAPO Party has dominated elections since independence.

In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Usko Nghaamwa received 6,194 of the 6,243 votes cast.

Its candidate Johannes Hakanyome gathered 5,778 votes, while the opposition candidates Jeremia Haufiku of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) and Lukas Mbabi of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), received 346 and 123 votes, respectively.

[5] Councillor Hakanyome of SWAPO was reelected in the 2020 regional election, albeit by a smaller margin.