Namibian general election, 1994

Namibia

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General elections were held in Namibia on 4 and 5 December 1994. There were two votes, one for president (the first time a president had been directly elected) and one for the National Assembly. Both elections were won by SWAPO, who won 53 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate, Sam Nujoma, won the presidential election.

Of the 654,189 registered voters, 497,499 cast votes, giving a turnout of 76.05%.^[1]

Results

Presidential election

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Sam Nujoma	South West Africa People's Organization	370,452	76.34
Mishake Muyongo	Democratic Turnhalle Alliance	114,843	26.66
Invalid/blank votes		12,213	-
Total		497,508	100
Source: EISA

National Assembly election

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
South West Africa People's Organization	361,800	73.89	53
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance	101,748	20.78	15
United Democratic Front	13,309	2.72	2
Democratic Coalition of Namibia	4,058	0.83	1
Monitor Action Group	4,005	0.8	1
South West African National Union	2,598	0.53	0
Federal Convention of Namibia	1,166	0.24	0
Workers Revolutionary Party	952	0.19	0
Invalid/blank votes	7,863	-	-
Total	497,499	100	72
Source: EISA

References

1. ^ Background: 1994 Namibia EISA.org.za