Oshikuku Constituency

Oshikuku Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of Namibia. It had 9,701 registered voters in 2020^[update].^[1] Its district capital is the village of Oshikuku.

Oshikuku Constituency (red) in the Omusati Region

Oshikuku Constituency covers an area of 277 km² (107 sq mi). It had a population of 9,093 in 2011, up from 8,299 in 2001.^[2]

Politics

Oshikuku is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Petrus Endjambi. He received 2,947 of the 2,982 votes cast.^[3]

In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Modestus Amutse won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.^[4] The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a large margin. Matheus Gabriel obtained 3,815 votes, followed by Kassian Kanyemba of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 607 votes.^[1]