{"id":266591,"date":"2019-05-16T15:20:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T13:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266591"},"modified":"2019-05-16T15:20:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T13:20:16","slug":"ondangwa-urban-constituency-prepares-for-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266591","title":{"rendered":"Ondangwa Urban constituency prepares for by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Placido Hilukilwa<br \/>\nASSER Vincent, Johannes Martin, Angeline Immanuel, Ronny Negonga and Mandume Tuhafeni are the candidates vying for the vacant position of the Ondangwa Urban constituency councillor in the Oshana Region.<br \/>\nPresident Hage Geingob earlier this year appointed constituency councillor Elia Irimari as the new the Governor of Oshana, thereby opening the door for a by-election that has now attracted the interest of four political parties and an independent candidate.<br \/>\nThe ruling Swapo party has fielded former Ondangwa mayor, Ronny Negonga, and the party is using its heavy guns to ensure it retains the constituency.<br \/>\nThe Popular Democratic Movement (former DTA) has chosen its sole Ondangwa local authority councillor Johannes Martin as its candidate for the vacant position.<br \/>\nMandume Tuhafeni is standing as candidate for the Congress of Democrats (CoD).<br \/>\nAsser Vincent, who was the DTA\/PDM candidate in the 2015 regional elections, is now standing as candidate for the All People\u2019s Party (APP), while 27-year-old Angeline Immanuel is standing as an independent candidate.<br \/>\nIt is said that the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) also wanted to join the fray, but missed the nomination deadline which was on 6 May.<br \/>\nMore than 15 000 people voted in the Ondangwa Urban constituency during the 2014 general elections, but only 4,300 cast their votes during the 2015 regional elections.<br \/>\nThe three participating political parties in the 2015 regional elections were Swapo, whose candidate Elia Irimari. Swapo won comfortably with 3,918 votes, followed by the DTA\/PDM\u2019s Asser Vincent and the RDP\u2019s Anna Nikanor with 232 and 117 votes, respectively.<br \/>\nA supplementary registration of voters was done last month during which slightly more than 1,200 voters were registered.<br \/>\nAccording to the Electoral Commission\u2019s Victoria Hango, the final voters\u2019 roll will be made available on 20 May.<br \/>\nThe by-election is scheduled to take place on 15 June.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-265864\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Global-Edge-728x180px.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Placido Hilukilwa ASSER Vincent, Johannes Martin, Angeline Immanuel, Ronny Negonga and Mandume Tuhafeni are the candidates vying for the vacant position of the Ondangwa Urban constituency councillor in the Oshana Region. 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