[2] In the 2004 regional election, Omaruru was one of only a few constituencies of Namibia that were won by the opposition.
United Democratic Front (UDF) politician Stephanus Evaristo Shangombe received 1,010 of the 2,569 votes cast and became councillor.
[3] In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Uparura Michael Tjirare won the constituency with 1,102 votes.
[4] The 2015 regional elections were won by Johannes Tuhafeni Hamutenya of SWAPO with 1,420 votes.
Christiaan Nanuseb of UDF came second with 678 votes, Sanna Sofia Paulus of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) received 348 votes, and Vincent Isboset Kahua of National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) received 282.