1999 Namibian general election

1999 Namibian general election

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Presidential election
Turnout62.06%
 
COD
DTA
Nominee Sam Nujoma Ben Ulenga Katuutire Kaura
Party SWAPO COD DTA
Popular vote 414,096 56,541 50,824
Percentage 76.85% 10.49% 9.64%

Results by region

President before election

Sam Nujoma
SWAPO

Elected President

Sam Nujoma
SWAPO

General elections were held in Namibia on 30 November and 1 December 1999 to elect a president and the National Assembly.[1] Voting took place over two days, after the Commission was persuaded by protests from political parties that a single polling day would be insufficient to accommodate travel to polling stations by voters in remote areas.[2]

Incumbent President Sam Nujoma of SWAPO was re-elected with over 76% of the vote, whilst SWAPO won 55 of the 72 elected seats in the National Assembly.[3]

  1. ^ Namibia: Presidential and National Assembly Elections 1999 EISA
  2. ^ T. Lodge (2001) "The Namibian Elections of 1999", Democratization, 8:2, 191-230, DOI: 10.1080/714000205
  3. ^ "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Members of the National Assembly" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 2261. Government of Namibia. 20 January 2000. pp. 3, 4.