Ondangwa Urban

Ondangwa Urban is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 23,233 inhabitants in 2016 and 17,967 registered voters. The constituency office is situated in Ondangwa.
Ondangwa Urban was created by splitting the former constituency of Ondangwa into a rural and an urban part in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election.

Politics

Ondangwa is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization party.
The 2015 regional elections were won by Elia Irimari with 1,518 votes, far ahead of Vincent Asser of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance with 232 votes and Anna Nikanor of the Rally for Democracy and Progress with 117 votes. When Irimari was appointed governor of Oshana Region in March 2019, a by-election was set for June. It was won by Leonard Negonga, ahead of independent candidate Angeline Immanuel and Johannes Martin of the Popular Democratic Movement with 326 votes.
Councillor Negonga was re-elected in the 2020 regional election with 2,921 votes. He won over Olavi Negonga of the Independent Patriots for Change, an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 2,434 votes. Independent candidate Immanuel came third with 525 votes.