Namibian general election, 1994

Namibian general election, 1994
Namibia
December 4-5, 1994

 
Nominee Sam Nujoma Mishake Muyongo
Party SWAPO DTA
Popular vote 370,452 114,843
Percentage 76.34% 23.66%

Elected President

Sam Nujoma
SWAPO

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General elections were held in Namibia on 4 and 5 December 1994. There were two votes, one for president (the first time a president had been directly elected) and one for the National Assembly. Both elections were won by SWAPO, who won 53 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate, Sam Nujoma, won the presidential election.

Of the 654,189 registered voters, 497,499 cast votes, giving a turnout of 76.05%.[1]

Results

Presidential election

Candidate Party Votes %
Sam Nujoma South West Africa People's Organization 370,452 76.34
Mishake Muyongo Democratic Turnhalle Alliance 114,843 23.66
Invalid/blank votes 12,213 -
Total 497,508 100
Source: EISA

National Assembly election

Parties Votes % Seats
South West Africa People's Organization 361,800 73.89 53
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance 101,748 20.78 15
United Democratic Front 13,309 2.72 2
Democratic Coalition of Namibia 4,058 0.83 1
Monitor Action Group 4,005 0.8 1
South West African National Union 2,598 0.53 0
Federal Convention of Namibia 1,166 0.24 0
Workers Revolutionary Party 952 0.19 0
Invalid/blank votes 7,863 - -
Total 497,499 100 72
Source: EISA

By region

Region DCN DTA FCN MAG Swanu Swapo UDF WRP
Caprivi 125 11,868 44 25 37 11,765 183 30
Erongo 297 8,138 75 546 268 18,955 3,200 41
Hardap 206 9,613 255 465 122 7,385 325 68
ǁKaras 191 8,630 157 530 178 12,362 421 60
Kavango 98 3,570 37 23 82 19,884 162 74
Khomas 935 19,609 192 793 555 33,269 2,124 169
Kunene 635 6,883 62 267 69 5,840 3,484 34
Ohangwena 53 285 32 11 106 58,797 145 86
Omaheke 328 10,562 69 432 435 6,054 194 35
Omusati 31 179 15 12 139 70,564 189 86
Oshana 146 1,509 28 14 116 50,722 171 57
Oshikoto 80 2,412 38 128 160 43,275 591 92
Otjozondjupa 825 15,870 130 657 240 15,137 1,839 92
Source: "Your Guide to the Results. Facts and Figures". Election supplement to The Namibian, 25 November 2014, p.2

References

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