Africa Links 24 with Tannan Groenewald
Published on 2025-11-24 15:11:36
Given the low turnout in regional council (RC) and local authority (LA) elections, results are frequently decided by extremely small margins – sometimes under 10 votes, and on a few occasions a single extra vote has determined the winner.
With the 2025 RC and LA elections set for 26 November, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) points to historically weak participation in these polls.
In 2020, turnout reached only 37% for LA elections and 43% for RC elections, compared to 60%…
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