General elections were held in Namibia on 15 and 16 November 2004 to elect the president and members of the National Assembly . The National Assembly election resulted in a landslide win for SWAPO , which won 55 of the 78 seats with over 75% of the vote.[ 1] SWAPO's candidate for president, Hifikepunye Pohamba , won the presidential election.[ 2] Following his victory, Pohamba was sworn in as president on 21 March 2005 at Independence Stadium in Windhoek .[ 3]
2004 Namibian general election
Presidential election
Turnout 85.21%
Results by regionPohamba : 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 80–90% >90%
Candidate Party Votes % Hifikepunye Pohamba SWAPO 625,605 76.44 Ben Ulenga Congress of Democrats 59,547 7.28 Katuutire Kaura Democratic Turnhalle Alliance 41,905 5.12 Kuaima Riruako National Unity Democratic Organisation 34,651 4.23 Justus ǁGaroëb United Democratic Front 31,354 3.83 Henk Mudge Republican Party 15,955 1.95 Kosie Pretorius Monitor Action Group 9,378 1.15 Total 818,395 100.00 Valid votes 818,395 98.23 Invalid/blank votes 14,770 1.77 Total votes 833,165 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 977,742 85.21 Source: Government Namibia
Party Votes % Seats +/– SWAPO 620,609 75.83 55 0 Congress of Democrats 59,464 7.27 5 –2 Democratic Turnhalle Alliance 42,070 5.14 4 –3 National Unity Democratic Organisation 34,814 4.25 3 New United Democratic Front 30,355 3.71 3 +1 Republican Party 16,187 1.98 1 New Monitor Action Group 6,950 0.85 1 –1 Namibian Democratic Movement for Change 4,380 0.54 0 New SWANU 3,610 0.44 0 0 Appointed members 6 0 Total 818,439 100.00 78 0 Valid votes 818,439 98.69 Invalid/blank votes 10,830 1.31 Total votes 829,269 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 977,742 84.81 Source: African Elections Database
Region
CoD
DTA
MAG
NMDC
NUDO
RP
SWANU
SWAPO
UDF
Caprivi
3,872
1,809
56
38
68
2,745
42
19,596
244
Erongo
6,186
2,746
1,102
281
3,380
1,664
291
39,604
8,127
Hardap
6,098
5,118
599
226
479
1,303
73
15,767
609
ǁKaras
7,059
3,761
671
215
495
1,061
82
25,127
681
Kavango
4,617
5,198
189
194
520
431
235
64,077
795
Khomas
18,872
7,225
1,982
819
8,782
5,040
1,071
87,092
5,880
Kunene
1,324
5,716
393
109
2,015
667
117
9,817
6,511
Ohangwena
443
166
31
64
158
80
133
88,061
374
Omaheke
1,039
3,488
566
1,549
6,849
1,310
821
12,582
491
Omusati
523
163
25
94
751
81
110
92,082
435
Oshana
1674
870
59
85
312
97
93
70,111
366
Oshikoto
2,567
647
244
88
410
228
147
63,769
1,126
Otjozondjupa
5,161
4,762
1,002
344
9,622
1,257
219
31,423
3,690
Source: The Namibian[ 4]