Etayi Constituency



Etayi Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of Namibia. It had 34,970 inhabitants in 2004 and 16,716 registered voters. Its district capital is the settlement of Etayi. The constituency contains the settlements of Iipandayamiti, Oneheke, Onheleiwa, Otindi, Ekangolinene, Oshivanda, Onamhindi, Omutundungu, Olupandu, Onampira, Otshikuyu, Okaleke, Oshipya, and Oikokola.

Etayi Constituency was created in 1998 from existing constituencies of Omusati, following a recommendation of the Second Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 1998 general election.

Politics
Like all other constituencies in Omusati, Etayi constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Bernardius Petrus Shekutamba. He received 11,099 of the 11,204 votes cast.

SWAPO also won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Elisa Johannes gained 7,890 votes, while Sisilia Andreas of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) gained only 160. The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election by a large margin. Hans Haikali obtained 6,296 votes, followed by Apollos Haipindi of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 877 votes.