National Assembly of Namibia

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The National Assembly of Namibia is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. It has a total of 78 members. 72 members are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms. Six additional members are appointed by the President.^[1]

The current National Assembly was formed following elections on 27 and 28 November 2009. Twenty-one women (18 elected and 3 appointed) occupy seats in the National Assembly. Former Prime Minister (2002-2005) and SWAPO member Theo-Ben Gurirab is the current^[update] National Assembly speaker.

e • d Summary of the 27 and 28 November 2009 National Assembly of Namibia election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
South West Africa People's Organization	602,580	74.29	54	–1
Rally for Democracy and Progress	90,556	11.16	8	+8
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance	25,393	3.13	2	–2
National Unity Democratic Organization	24,422	3.01	2	–1
United Democratic Front	19,489	2.40	2	–1
All People’s Party	10,795	1.33	1	+1
Republican Party	6,541	0.81	1	—
Congress of Democrats	5,375	0.66	1	–4
South West Africa National Union	4,989	0.62	1	+1
Monitor Action Group	4,718	0.58	0	–1
Democratic Party of Namibia	1,942	0.24	0	—
Namibian Democratic Movement for Change	1,770	0.22	0	—
National Democratic Party	1,187	0.15	0	—
Communist Party of Namibia	810	0.10	0	—
Appointed members
Valid votes	800,567	98.70
Invalid votes	10,576	1.30
Total (turnout %)	811,143	100.0	72	—
Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia

Previous National Assembly election results

Political Party	Election Year
	1989	1994	1999	2004
South-West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO)	41	53	55	55
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA)	21	15	07	04
United Democratic Front (UDF)	04	02	02	03
Action Christian National (ACN)	03	-	-	-
Namibia Patriotic Front (NPF)	01	-	-	-
Federal Convention of Namibia (FCN)	01	-	-	-
Namibia National Front (NNF)	01	-	-	-
Democratic Coalition of Namibia (DCN)	-	01	-	-
Monitor Action Group (MAG)	-	01	01	01
Congress of Democrats (COD)	-	-	07	05
Others (NUDO, RP)	-	-	-	04
Total	72	72	72	72

Despite being a one party dominant state since its independence in 1990, Namibian elections have been transparent, free, and largely fair.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• National Council of Namibia - the upper chamber of Parliament
• History of Namibia
• List of National Assemblies of Namibia
• List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Namibia
• Legislative Branch
• List of national legislatures

External links

• Parliament of Namibia

References

1. ^ "GRN Strucure. The Legislature". Government of Namibia. http://www.grnnet.gov.na/grnabout.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011.