Onyaanya constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Henock Kankoshi received 6,329 of the 6,359 votes cast.
[4] He was subsequently elected to represent Oshikoto Region in the National Council of Namibia.
[5] Kankoshi was reelected in the 2010 regional elections and became governor of Oshikoto in 2015.
Gideon Shikomba received 4,023 votes, well ahead of Onesmus Kapuka of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, who obtained 1,063 votes.