With the successful conclusion of the Namibian presidential election, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been declared the next president of the country.
This would make Nandi-Ndaitwah, the Southern African country's first female president, after serving as vice president under the current administration.
"The Namibian nation has voted for peace and stability," Nandi-Ndaitwah said after being declared president-elect.
The new president's victory will prolong SWAPO's 34-year rule, which began in 1990 when it brought Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa.
According to a breakdown released by Namibia's Electoral Commission, the 72-year-old president-elect earned around 57% of legitimate votes in the presidential election.
This was against her opposition, Panduleni Itula from the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) party, who garnered around 26% of votes.
The opposition has however disputed the results after the election was hampered by technical challenges such as a lack of vote papers and other concerns that forced election authorities to prolong voting until Saturday.
Queues caused some voters to give up on the first day of voting after waiting for up to 12 hours.
The opposition noted that these would constitute pieces of evidence presented to the court when they take legal action.
Voters in Namibia submitted separate ballots for the National Assembly, as seen in Reuters.
There, SWAPO secured 51 of the 96 elected seats, giving them a majority. The official opposition will be the IPC, which won 20 seats.
Nandi-Ndaitwah became a part of the SWAPO party back in the 1960s, when it was still in its fight for independence, and has held several important positions, including foreign minister during the democratic era.
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