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1992 Namibian local and regional elections

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Summary

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Local Authority Council and Regional Council Elections in Namibia were held from 30 November to 3 December 1992. It was the first set of such elections since independence. SWAPO won a majority of seats in both Local Authority Councils and Regional Councils.

There was some violence during the election, including the killing of a DTA candidate by SWAPO militants.

Electoral system

Elections for regional councils are held using the first-past-the-post electoral system. Voters in each constituency elect one councillor to represent them on their regional council. Local authority councillors are elected by a system of proportional representation.

Results

Local Authority Councils

Regional Councils

A total of 534,437 voters were registered, but 64,431 were in uncontested constituencies.

References

References

  1. Forrest, Joshua. (1994). "Namibia--The First Postapartheid Democracy". Journal of Democracy.
  2. "Government Elections: National, Regional, Local". Legal Assistance Centre.
  3. (7 December 1992). "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of result of general election for local authority councils". [[Government of Namibia]].
  4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20171008230859/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/181101/1992+Analysis+of+result+regional+council+rc+election.pdf/f558a63b-72ba-45f5-a7de-c55d52ff5c50?version=1.0) 30 November – 03 December 1992 - Analysis of Results, Regional Councils (RC) Elections] Electoral Commission of Namibia
  5. (7 December 1992). "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of result of general election for regional councils". [[Government of Namibia]].
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