Mandatory voting has been explored as a possible solution to boost voter turnout.

The suggestion emerged during the Election Observation Mission Knowledge Sharing and Public Dissemination event held in Windhoek.

Of the 752,43 voters registered for the local authority election, only 272,942—representing 36.29%—cast their ballots. 
Ballots rejected were 3,512. 

 The Swapo Party secured 52.40% of the votes. IPC came in second with 15.01%, while LPM followed with 5.85%. 

The 2025 Regional Councils and Local Authority Election recorded low turnout.

Over 1.4 million voters were registered for the regional council elections, but only 609,000, representing 40.7%, voted, while over 5,000 ballots were rejected.