| Parliament name |
Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name |
National Council |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
National Assembly
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| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
28 August 1992
|
| Mode of designation |
indirectly elected 42 |
| Constituencies |
Thirteen regions and 107 constituencies. Each region is headed by a regional governor who is also a member of the regional council. Any political party or association registered with the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) may field a candidate to stand for election as regional councillor for the constituency where he/she resides. Individual citizens may also stand as independent candidates for election as regional councillors provided they are registered with ECN. |
| Voting system |
:
Regional councillors are directly elected through secret ballots by inhabitants of their constuencies. Candidates may stand either as independents or as members of registered political parties or associations. Each constituency is represented on the Regional council. The elected councillors are sworn in by a magistrate not later than seven days after results of the Regional Councils elections are released. Thereafter the regional councils meet on different dates to elect regional governors and the two councillors who will represent each region on the National Council. |
| Voter requirements |
- Namibian citizenship
- age 18 years or above
- registration to the ECN voters' roll.
- possession of the Regional and Local Authorities voter's registration card. Voter's registration card is updated every ten years. |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
(at the regional level)
Qualified electors
- age: 21 years old and above
- Namibian citizenship
- Member of the regional council
Ineligibility:
- persons convicted for any offence in or outside Namibia
- unrehabilitated insolvents
- unsound mind, and declared so by a competent court
- remunerated members of the Public Service of Namibia
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| Incompatibilities |
(at the regional level)
Member of a Local Authority (however, a member of the National Council may be appointed Deputy Minister)
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| Candidacy requirements |
(at the regional level)
Candidate should have no criminal record; must be a member of and nominated by a registered political party or association; may be an independent whose nomination is supported by at least 100 registered voters in the constuency for which he/she intends to stand for election. |
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