National Assembly of Namibia 3567241 202073104 2008-03-30T16:07:03Z Aidas-LT 5669972 {{Politics of Namibia}} The '''National Assembly of Namibia''' is the [[lower chamber]] of the country's [[bicameral]] [[Parliament of Namibia|Parliament]]. The current National Assembly, formed following elections on [[15 November|15]] and [[16 November]] [[2004]], has a total of 78 members. 72 members are directly elected through a system of [[party-list proportional representation]] and serve five-year terms. Six additional members are appointed by the [[President of Namibia|President]]. {{Namibian parliamentary election, 2004}} Twenty-one women (18 elected and 3 appointed) occupy seats in the National Assembly. Former [[Prime Minister of Namibia|Prime Minister]] ([[2002]]-[[2005]]) and SWAPO member [[Theo-Ben Gurirab]] is the current National Assembly [[Speaker (politics)|speaker]]. ==Previous National Assembly election results== {| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- bgcolor=#e8e8e8 ! align="left" scope="col" rowspan="2"| [[Political Party]] ! align="center" scope="col" colspan="8"| [[Election]] Year |- |- bgcolor=#e8e8e8 ! scope="col" | [[1989]] ! scope="col" | [[1994]] ! scope="col" | [[1999]] |- | align="left" | [[South-West Africa People's Organisation]] (SWAPO) | align="center" | 41 | align="center" | 53 | align="center" | 55 |- | align="left" | [[Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia|Democratic Turnhalle Alliance]] (DTA) | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 07 |- | align="left" | [[United Democratic Front (Namibia)|United Democratic Front]] (UDF) | align="center" | 04 | align="center" | 02 | align="center" | 02 |- | align="left" | [[Action Christian National]] (ACN) | align="center" | 03 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - |- | align="left" | [[Namibia Patriotic Front]] (NPF) | align="center" | 01 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - |- | align="left" | [[Federal Convention of Namibia]] (FCN) | align="center" | 01 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - |- | align="left" | [[Namibia National Front]] (NNF) | align="center" | 01 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - |- | align="left" | [[Democratic Coalition of Namibia]] (DCN) | align="center" | - | align="center" | 01 | align="center" | - |- | align="left" | [[Monitor Action Group]] (MAG) | align="center" | - | align="center" | 01 | align="center" | 01 |- | align="left" | [[Congress of Democrats]] (COD) | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 07 |- | align="left" | '''Total''' | align="center" | '''72''' | align="center" | '''72''' | align="center" | '''72''' |- |} Despite being a [[one party dominant state]] since its independence in [[1990]], Namibian elections have been transparent, free, and largely fair. ==See also== *[[National Council of Namibia]] - the [[upper chamber]] of Parliament *[[History of Namibia]] *[[Legislative Branch]] *[[List of national legislatures]] ==External links== *[http://www.parliament.gov.na/ Parliament of Namibia] [[Category:Government of Namibia]] [[Category:National lower houses|Namibia]] [[ca:Assemblea Nacional de Namíbia]] [[de:Nationalversammlung (Namibia)]] [[eo:Nacia Asembleo de Namibio]]