Namibians are voting this Wednesday to choose their next President and House of Assembly representatives.
Five candidates running for the presidential seat, with Nandi-Ndaitwah of the ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) being the only female candidate.
Other Presidential candidates include Panduleni Itula of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), McHenry Venaani representing the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), Bernadus Swartbooi of the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) and Job Amupanda, a former SWAPO youth leader now leading the Affirmative Repositioning.
21 parties are competing for 96 parliamentary seats.
According to the Electoral Commission of Namibia, a presidential candidate requires more than 50 percent to win, but if no candidate wins the majority vote, the two highest-polling candidates will face off in a second round election.
Results from special early polls held for Namibia‘s foreign missions, seamen and security services this month indicate Nandi-Ndaitwah and her party SWAPO are leading.
Around 1.4 million people are eligible to vote in today’s general election, in a country with a population of 3 million people.
