Election Watch - Promoting democracy in Namibia

Judgement in opposition challenge to 2009 election

graham — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:09:52 +0200

This is the 166-page judgement in the case in which nine opposition parties sought to have the results of the 2009 National Assembly election set aside.

Opposition case dismissed

graham — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:59:48 +0200

The National Assembly election in late 2009 has survived the legal challenge through which nine opposition parties tried to force a fresh election or a recount of votes.
The opposition parties’ complaints about alleged irregularities that they claimed had marred the election were dismissed in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.

Unofficial results blog

graham — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:10:11 +0200

Updated 21h00, Nov 29. Official results from Namibia’s Regional and Local elections are now available on www.ecn.na.

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We are fair - NBC

graham — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:08:57 +0200

The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has said it is giving fair coverage of all political parties participating in the Regional and Local Authorities elections slated for November 26 and 27. The national broadcaster says Swapo gains the lion’s share of the television news coverage because opposition parties either organise few events or fail to inform the NBC of the times and dates.

Judgement in court challenge

graham — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:38:32 +0200

Here is the judgement in the opposition appeal case as delivered by Chief Justice Peter Shivute on Monday September 6 2010.