Elections in Namibia This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Elections_in_Namibia".
This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Namibia
Elections in Namibia gives information on election and election results in Namibia.
Namibia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. Parliament has two chambers. The National Assembly has 78 members, elected for a five year term, 72 members elected by proportional representation and 6 members appointed by the president. The National Council has 26 members, elected for a six year term in double-seat constituencies (regions). Namibia is a democratic but one party dominant state with the South-West Africa People's Organisation in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
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