The United Democratic Front is a political party that is most widely supported by Damara people.
Its roots are in the Damara Council, an administrative body for the Damaraland territory in South West Africa that inbecame a political party in 1980.
In 1989, the Damara Council joined other parties in order to participate in the first democratic elections in Namibia.
From the UDF, President Justus ǁGaroëb, Reggie Diergaardt, Eric Biwa and Theophelus Soroseb were chosen for the assembly.
In the parliamentary election held on November 15 and 16, 2004, the party won 3.5% of popular votes and three out of 78 seats 1.