{"id":184031,"date":"2024-11-06T06:26:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T04:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/namibia\/namibias-game-changing-2024-elections-swapo-might-face-defeat-for-the-first-time-since-independence-in-1990\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T06:26:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T04:26:12","slug":"namibias-game-changing-2024-elections-swapo-might-face-defeat-for-the-first-time-since-independence-in-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/namibia\/namibias-game-changing-2024-elections-swapo-might-face-defeat-for-the-first-time-since-independence-in-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia&#8217;s Game-Changing 2024 Elections &#8211; Swapo Might Face Defeat for the First Time Since Independence in 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"22\">The former liberation movement South West Africa People&#8217;s Organisation (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swapo-party.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Swapo<\/a>) has been in firm political control of Namibia since independence <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.studocu.com\/row\/document\/university-of-namibia\/introduction-to-law\/155-173-how-democratic-is-namibias-democracy\/17478241\" rel=\"noopener\">in 1990<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"82\">Support for the party in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nai.uu.se\/stories-and-events\/news\/2019-11-06-weak-opposition-paves-the-way-for-another-landslide.html\" rel=\"noopener\">national assembly and presidential elections<\/a> reached a high point in November 2014. The 2019 elections marked a turning point, however: Swapo <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00358533.2020.1717090#d1e114\" rel=\"noopener\">lost its two-thirds-majority in parliament<\/a>. President Hage Geingob was re-elected with the worst result yet &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/namibias-democracy-enters-new-era-as-ruling-swapo-continues-to-lose-its-lustre-151238\" rel=\"noopener\">56% &#8211; from 87% in 2014<\/a>. This reflected disappointment over the&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202411050009.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Southern Africa <a title=\"Namibia\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/southern-africa\/namibia\/\">Namibia<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former liberation movement South West Africa People&#8217;s Organisation (Swapo) has been in firm political control of Namibia since independence in 1990. Support for the party in the national assembly and presidential elections reached a high point in November 2014. The 2019 elections marked a turning point, however: Swapo lost its two-thirds-majority in parliament. 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