Omuthiyagwiipundi constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Penda Ndakolo received 6,166 of the 6,301 votes cast.
[3] As in all constituencies in Oshikoto, SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide.
[4] Councillor Shivute (SWAPO) was re-elected with 3,759 votes in the 2020 regional election.
The only opposition candidate, David Uusiku of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, obtained 2,113 votes.