What is Okahandja Constituency?
[[File:Wahlkreis Okahandja (2014).svg|right|thumb| Okahandja constituency (red) in the Otjozondjupa Region (yellow)]] '''Okahandja Constituency''' is an [[Constituencies of Namibia|electoral constituency]] in the [[Otjozondjupa Region]] of [[Namibia]]. It had 18,155 people living there in 2004<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/yna.html Constituencies of Namibia, 2004]</ref> and 18,109 voters {{As of|2020|alt=in 2020}}.<ref name=election2020>{{Cite web | title=Regional Council 2020 Election Results | publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Namibia]] | date=18 January 2021 | series=''Interactive map'' | url=http://elections.na/ | accessdate=27 February 2022 | archive-date=12 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612210020/https://elections.na/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> The constituency is made of the town of [[Okahandja]] and the surrounding rural area. ==Politics== The [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2015|2015 regional election]] was won by Steve Biko Booys of the [[South West Africa People's Organization|SWAPO Party]] with 3,280 votes. [[Independent candidate]] Welfriedt Groeitjie Goaseb gained 501 votes.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Regional Council Election Results 2015 | publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Namibia]] | date=3 December 2015 | page=20 | url=http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208163948/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 December 2015 }}</ref> The SWAPO candidate also won the [[2020 Namibian local and regional elections|2020 regional election]]. Bethuel Tjaveondja received 2,451 votes, more than Frisia Ambondja of the [[Independent Patriots for Change]] (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, which got 1,057 votes. Other people ran, such as Belinda Garoes of the