Oktana constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
In the 2004 regional election its candidate Clemens Kashuupulwa received 5,731 of the 5,858 votes cast.
[3] In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.
[4] The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin.
Edmund Iishuwa obtained 3,477 votes, followed by George Uusiku of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 715 votes.