The Venezuelan election observers say the participation in the democratic voting process by Namibians was a reaffirming of constitutional democracy.

The team leader, Erika Farias, said they witnessed content among the eligible voters to have a say in the affairs of their country.

Voting at the Omao polling station in the Opuwo Rural Constituency was going at a snail's pace when the nbc News team visited in the afternoon. 

The presiding officer, Ndjamba Mutjavikua, explained that the process was slow as they were catering for voters who lived in the remotest part of the region. 

Dr. Panduleni Itula, the presidential candidate for the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), announced that the party will not accept the results of the current election, describing the process as "deeply flawed."

The Electoral Commission of Namibia will announce the first official results of the Presidential and National Assembly Elections later this evening.

With extended voting still going on at identified polling stations until nine o'clock this evening, Namibians had been keenly awaiting results.

Only 29 votes were cast on Friday, the first day of extension at the Omboto polling station in Nehale Lyampingana constituency. 

The constituency is largely only accessible by 4x4 vehicles and has not seen much activity today.

A significant number of people cast their votes this morning at Okandjengedhi Community Hall and Onawa Kindergarten polling stations in the Oshana Region.

The announcement of election results at the Karasburg Combined School Collation Centre sparked controversy when Nesimus Mupiya of the Independent Patriots for Change and Norbert Jossob of the Landless People's Movement declined to sign off on the results.

With the extension of the Presidential and National Assembly voting process in some areas, in Windhoek, eligible voters lined up at Trans Namib, the only designated polling station in the |Khomas Region.

The SADC, African Union, and the African Centre for Governance (ACG) have commended the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) for the peaceful conduct of the elections and efforts to include inmates and diaspora citizens in the voting process.

Street vendors in Okongo in the Ohangwena Region are expecting improved business funding criteria to benefit small businesses after the elections.