Uukwiyu constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Petrus Luaadhy Shiwedha received 3,829 of the 3,870 votes cast.
[3] In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Andreas Amundjindi won the constituency with 3,701 votes.
His only challenger was Salmi Benjameni of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), who received 48 votes.
[4] In the 2015 local and regional elections Amundjindi won uncontested and remained councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.