The Electoral Commission of Namibia's (ECN) Chief Electoral and Referenda Officer, Peter Shaama, explained what the 2025 Regional Councils and Local Authorities Elections are all about and why they play such a crucial role in Namibia's democratic process.
Close to 20,000 Namibians registered to vote during the first week of the Supplementary Registration of Voters (SRV) process, which began on 4 August 2025 in preparation for the 2025 Regional Councils and Local Authorities elections.
Affirmative Repositioning MP Vaino Hangula has tabled a motion in the National Assembly calling for the establishment of a single, unified national election.
Hangula believes that holding separate elections contributes to voter fatigue and unequal participation.
More than 130 supplementary voter registration points will be set up across the ||Kharas Region to give prospective voters a chance to register for the upcoming Regional Councils and Local Authorities elections, slated for November.
Voter turnout for the regional council and local authority elections has seen a drastic decline from 81% in 1992 to 38% in 2020.
IIkwambi said that, despite a recent modest upward trend in local authority elections, they remain lower than national elections, and this, he said, is not impressive.
Legal analyst Yarukeekuro Ndorokaze has called for a review of Namibia's Electoral Act following the Supreme Court's Friday ruling that both the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) and President Nangolo Mbumba acted lawfully in extending the election period.
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) returning officer in the Guinas Constituency by-election, Sion Shikufinde, says that by 15:00, over 1,000 voters had cast their votes out of more than 4,000 registered voters.
The Electoral Court has ruled that the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) pay N$450,000 as security for costs in its ongoing bid to nullify the 2024 National Assembly election results.
The Swapo Party is demanding a security for costs in the amount of N$600,000, while President Nangolo Mbumba is requesting N$500,000 and the Electoral Commission of Namibia N$750,000 in the ongoing legal battle where the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) seeks to nullify the 2024 National Assembly election resul
Preparations for the Guinas Constituency by-election are well on track.
The by-election, which is slated for Friday next week, has been necessitated by the death of Councillor Elias Marthinus last year.
