Outapi Constituency covers an area of 986 km2 (381 sq mi).
[3] Outapi constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Tataati Simon Shilekah.
[5] The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin.
Immanuel Shikongo obtained 8,682 votes, followed by Frans Taapopi of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 1,094 votes.