National Assembly of Namibia

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The National Assembly of Namibia is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament.

The current National Assembly, formed following elections on 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.

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**Summary of the 15 and 16 November 2004 **National Assembly of Namibia** election results**
Parties	%	Seats
South West African People's Organization	75.1	55
Congress of Democrats	7.2	5
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia	5.0	4
National Unity Democratic Organization	4.1	3
United Democratic Front	3.5	3
Republican Party	1.9	1
Monitor Action Group	0.8	1
Appointed members		6
Total (turnout 84.4 %)	100.0	78
Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia

Twenty-one women (18 elected and 3 appointed) occupy seats in the National Assembly.

Former Prime Minister (2002-2005) and SWAPO member Theo-Ben Gurirab is the current National Assembly speaker.

[edit] Previous National Assembly election results

Political Party	Election Year
Political Party	1989	1994	1999
South-West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO)	41	53	55
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA)	21	15	07
United Democratic Front (UDF)	04	02	02
Action Christian National (ACN)	03	-	-
Namibia Patriotic Front (NPF)	01	-	-
Federal Convention of Namibia (FCN)	01	-	-
Namibia National Front (NNF)	01	-	-
Democratic Coalition of Namibia (DCN)	-	01	-
Monitor Action Group (MAG)	-	01	01
Congress of Democrats (COD)	-	-	07
Total	72	72	72