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The ECN's own record of the date is its 2024 NPA Election Report (ecn.na, Jul 2025), s. 3.4.1.7: 'On 3 December 2024, the Chairperson of the Commission by virtue of Section 109 and 110, officially announced and declared the Presidential and National Assembly Election results'. Date only, so observedAt is the end of 3 Dec 2024 local (UTC+2), stated as such (the report's media programme lists '03 Dec 2024 21:00 CERC Final Results Announcement', a scheduled time, not used). Day 6 after the first polling day. Polling 27-30 Nov 2024, polls closing 21h00 on 30 Nov (GG 8555, Government Notice No. 2 of 2025), 19:00 UTC. EXPECTED: no statutory deadline; the ECN's 2024 Electoral Calendar planned the announcement of the national results for 30 Nov 2024, so expectedBy is the end of that day local, overtaken by the extension of polling. Publication under s. 113(1): notice signed 19 Dec 2024, Government Gazette No. 8555 of 3 Jan 2025 (Government Notice No. 2 of 2025): 1,108,583 votes cast, 1,092,685 counted, quota 11,382, 96 seats allocated among 21 parties (13 won seats), members elected with effect from 21 Mar 2025. Electoral Court petitions are optional, so there is no court-validation stage; the President appoints the Cabinet (Constitution art. 35), so there is no government stage. COUNTS: copied from GG 8555 into results. The ECN website's Terms and Conditions (Disclaimer Policy, https://www.ecn.na/disclaimer-policy/, read 3 Oct 2026), cl. 3.1-3.2, allow personal, educational and non-commercial use only, but the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994, s.15(8)(a), says 'No copyright shall subsist in - (a) the official text of any work of a legislative, administrative or legal nature' (GG 845, 5 May 1994; earlier notes cited it as s.16(8)(a), which is the wrong section), and Chris ruled on 5 Oct 2026 that such an exclusion overrides restrictive site terms." }, "last_final": null, "previous": null, "stages": [ { "stage": "final-result", "from": null, "by": "2024-11-30T21:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "announced", "citation": "FINAL ACT: the ECN Chairperson's announcement under Electoral Act s. 110(3) (total votes cast and counted, the Schedule 4 quota, votes and seats per party, the candidates declared duly elected). The ECN's own record of the date is its 2024 NPA Election Report (ecn.na, Jul 2025), s. 3.4.1.7: 'On 3 December 2024, the Chairperson of the Commission by virtue of Section 109 and 110, officially announced and declared the Presidential and National Assembly Election results'. Date only, so observedAt is the end of 3 Dec 2024 local (UTC+2), stated as such (the report's media programme lists '03 Dec 2024 21:00 CERC Final Results Announcement', a scheduled time, not used). Day 6 after the first polling day. Polling 27-30 Nov 2024, polls closing 21h00 on 30 Nov (GG 8555, Government Notice No. 2 of 2025), 19:00 UTC. EXPECTED: no statutory deadline; the ECN's 2024 Electoral Calendar planned the announcement of the national results for 30 Nov 2024, so expectedBy is the end of that day local, overtaken by the extension of polling. Publication under s. 113(1): notice signed 19 Dec 2024, Government Gazette No. 8555 of 3 Jan 2025 (Government Notice No. 2 of 2025): 1,108,583 votes cast, 1,092,685 counted, quota 11,382, 96 seats allocated among 21 parties (13 won seats), members elected with effect from 21 Mar 2025. Electoral Court petitions are optional, so there is no court-validation stage; the President appoints the Cabinet (Constitution art. 35), so there is no government stage. COUNTS: copied from GG 8555 into results. The ECN website's Terms and Conditions (Disclaimer Policy, https://www.ecn.na/disclaimer-policy/, read 3 Oct 2026), cl. 3.1-3.2, allow personal, educational and non-commercial use only, but the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994, s.15(8)(a), says 'No copyright shall subsist in - (a) the official text of any work of a legislative, administrative or legal nature' (GG 845, 5 May 1994; earlier notes cited it as s.16(8)(a), which is the wrong section), and Chris ruled on 5 Oct 2026 that such an exclusion overrides restrictive site terms.", "source": null, "observedAt": "2024-12-03T21:59:59Z", "observedSource": "https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ECN_2024-NPA_Report_Latest_Lower-Version.pdf" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Results-publication-2024PNA.pdf", "role": "results-final", "kind": "race_results", "kindReason": "election code and results marker", "resolvable": true, "origin": "race", "note": "Government Gazette No. 8555 of 3 Jan 2025, as posted by the ECN (linked as '2024 Presidential & National Assembly Results' from its Previous Election Results page). Government Notice No. 2 of 2025, 'Publication of results and particulars in respect of general election of members of National Assembly: Electoral Act, 2014' (s. 113(1)), signed 19 Dec 2024: total votes cast 1,108,583, votes counted 1,092,685, quota 11,382, votes and seats per party (21 parties, 96 seats), names of members declared duly elected. It gives no registered voters. Same file at https://archive.gazettes.africa/archive/na/2025/na-government-gazette-dated-2025-01-03-no-8555.pdf (byte-identical, checked 3 Oct 2026). Counts copied into results (licence: Copyright Act 6/1994 s.15(8)(a), official text; see the results note).", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": null, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null }, { "url": "https://www.ecn.na/previous-election-results/", "role": "results-final", "kind": "results_index", "kindReason": "results section without an election code", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "ECN results index ('Previous Election Results'); on 3 Oct 2026 it linked the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly results (GG 8555) and the 2019 Chairperson's final-results speech. The live 2024 count ran on www.elections.na, now historic.elections.na (its pages load figures by script and showed zeros to our fetcher on 3 Oct 2026).", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": false, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null }, { "url": "https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ECN_2024-NPA_Report_Latest_Lower-Version.pdf", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "ECN, 2024 NPA Election Report (Performance Assessment and Post-Election Report, Presidential and National Assembly Elections), 220 pp., on ecn.na: s. 3.4.1.7 and 3.4.1.9 (announcement and declaration on 3 Dec 2024), Table 19 (votes and seats per party, same figures as GG 8555; 15,898 rejected votes) and Table 20 (by constituency); s. 2.9.2: final voters' register of 1,449,569 registered voters (published 30 Sep 2024).", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": null, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null }, { "url": "https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Electoral-Act-Act-5-of-2014-_-Namibia.pdf", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Electoral Act 5 of 2014 (GG 5583): s. 93(1)(a) (polls 07h00-21h00), s. 110 (announcement of the National Assembly result and seats under Constitution Schedule 4), s. 113 (publication in the Gazette 'as soon as practicable').", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": null, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null }, { "url": "https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ECN_A4_Key-Electoral-Activities_2024.pdf", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "ECN Electoral Calendar 2024 (Key Electoral Activities): voting (local) 27 Nov 2024; counting and constituency collation 27-29 Nov; 'Final verification, collation, determination and announcement of National Election Results' 30 Nov 2024 (planned before polling was extended to 30 Nov).", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": null, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Namibian_general_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": null, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null }, { "url": "https://www.ecn.na/", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": null, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null } ], "results_page": { "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/namibia-general-2024/national-assembly", "role": "secondary", "stage": "final-result", "final": true, "published_at": "2025-01-03", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T12:00:00Z", "copied_from": "https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Results-publication-2024PNA.pdf", "publisher": "Electoral Commission of Namibia (Government Gazette No. 8555, Government Notice No. 2 of 2025)", "note": "Global Election Index's copy of the count. The authority's own page (resolution_sources) is the primary source; use this when it cannot be read." }, "page_activity": [], "government": null, "results": [ { "stage": "final-result", "published_at": "2025-01-03", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T12:00:00Z", "source": "https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Results-publication-2024PNA.pdf", "publisher": "Electoral Commission of Namibia (Government Gazette No. 8555, Government Notice No. 2 of 2025)", "licence": "Namibia Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994, s.15(8)(a): no copyright subsists in the official text of any work of a legislative, administrative or legal nature (Government Gazette No. 8555); ECN website terms (non-commercial) do not apply to the gazetted text", "total_votes": 1092685, "electorate": 1449569, "ballots": 1108583, "turnout": 76.48, "note": "Final result as published by the ECN Chairperson under Electoral Act 2014 s.113(1): Government Notice No. 2 of 2025, signed Windhoek 19 Dec 2024, Government Gazette No. 8555 of 3 Jan 2025 (ECN's copy). Columns 1-6: total votes cast 1,108,583 (= ballots), total votes counted 1,092,685 (= totalVotes), quota 11,382, votes and seats per party for all 21 parties (13 won seats). The rows add up to exactly 1,092,685 votes and 96 seats (the 96 elected members; the up to 8 members appointed by the President under Constitution art. 46(1)(b) are not part of this count). The same votes and seats are in the NPA report's Table 19; 15,898 rejected votes (s.3.4.1.9.2). Most votes and seats: SWAPO Party of Namibia, 583,300 votes, 51 seats. Party names as the gazette prints them ('Independent Patriots of Change' in GN 2; 'for Change' in GN 1). Turnout 76.5% (1,108,583 / 1,449,569). electorate 1,449,569 is the final voters' register, ECN 2024 NPA Election Report s.2.9.2 'Final Voters' Register' (p. 62: 'the FVR was produced with 1 449,569 registered voters representing 90% of the eligible voters'; the register table on p. 67 totals 1,449,569), the same figure as the 'SUB-TOTAL' registered voters in its Tables 18 and 20. Licence: Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994 (GG 845, 5 May 1994), s.15(8): 'No copyright shall subsist in - (a) the official text of any work of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, or an official translation thereof; ...' (read 5 Oct 2026 in the consolidated text on WIPO Lex, https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/21262, as amended to Act 8 of 2016, and in the GG 845 print, p. 23). The subsection sits in s.15 ('General exceptions regarding protection of literary and musical works'), after s.15(7) and before s.16 ('In addition to reproductions permitted ...'), so it is s.15(8)(a), not s.16(8)(a) as earlier notes had it. The counts are the ECN's notices under Electoral Act s.113(1) published in the Government Gazette, an official text of an administrative nature; per Chris's ruling of 5 Oct 2026 that exclusion overrides the ECN website's non-commercial terms (Disclaimer Policy cl. 3.1-3.2).", "rows": [ { "candidate": "SWAPO Party of Namibia (SWAPO)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 583300, "share": 53.38, "seats": 51, "winner": true }, { "candidate": "Independent Patriots of Change (IPC)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 220809, "share": 20.21, "seats": 20, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Affirmative Repositioning (AR)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 72227, "share": 6.61, "seats": 6, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Popular Democratic Movement (PDM)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 59839, "share": 5.48, "seats": 5, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Landless People's Movement (LPM)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 56971, "share": 5.21, "seats": 5, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "United Democratic Front of Namibia (UDF)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 16828, "share": 1.54, "seats": 2, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 11743, "share": 1.07, "seats": 1, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "SWANU of Namibia (SWANU)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 11484, "share": 1.05, "seats": 1, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Republican Party of Namibia (RP)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 10942, "share": 1, "seats": 1, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 10687, "share": 0.98, "seats": 1, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "All People's Party (APP)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 7219, "share": 0.66, "seats": 1, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "National Democratic Party of Namibia (NDP)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 6647, "share": 0.61, "seats": 1, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Body of Christ Party (BCP)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 5763, "share": 0.53, "seats": 1, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 3308, "share": 0.3, "seats": 0, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "National Empowerment Fighting Corruption (NEFC)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 3216, "share": 0.29, "seats": 0, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "United Namibians Party (UNP)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 2706, "share": 0.25, "seats": 0, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Action Democratic Movement (ADM)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 2286, "share": 0.21, "seats": 0, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "United People's Movement (UPM)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 2143, "share": 0.2, "seats": 0, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Congress of Democrats (COD)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 1800, "share": 0.16, "seats": 0, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Christian Democratic Voice Party (CDV)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 1452, "share": 0.13, "seats": 0, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "National Patriotic Front (NPF)", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 1315, "share": 0.12, "seats": 0, "winner": false } ] } ], "live_count": null, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/namibia-general-2024#national-assembly" }, "meta": { "dataset_version": "2026-10-26.74f9bab4", "built_at": "2026-10-26T08:01:24Z", "generated_at": "2026-10-26T18:47:26.433Z", "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Global Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org", "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs" } }