# 2004 Namibian general election

General elections were held in Namibia on 15 and 16 November 2004 to elect the president and members of the National Assembly. The National Assembly election resulted in a landslide win for SWAPO, which won 55 of the 78 seats with over 75% of the vote. SWAPO's candidate for president, Hifikepunye Pohamba, won the presidential election. Following his victory, Pohamba was sworn in as president on 21 March 2005 at Independence Stadium in Windhoek.

## Results
### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Hifikepunye Pohamba | SWAPO | 625,605 | 76.44 |
| | Ben Ulenga | Congress of Democrats | 59,547 | 7.28 |
| | Katuutire Kaura | Democratic Turnhalle Alliance | 41,905 | 5.12 |
| | Kuaima Riruako | National Unity Democratic Organisation | 34,651 | 4.23 |
| | Justus ǁGaroëb | United Democratic Front | 31,354 | 3.83 |
| | Henk Mudge | Republican Party | 15,955 | 1.95 |
| | Kosie Pretorius | Monitor Action Group | 9,378 | 1.15 |
| Total | Total | Total | 818,395 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 818,395 | 98.23 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 14,770 | 1.77 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 833,165 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 977,742 | 85.21 |
| Source: Government Namibia |||||

### National Assembly

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | SWAPO | 620,609 | 75.83 | 55 | 0 |
| | Congress of Democrats | 59,464 | 7.27 | 5 | –2 |
| | Democratic Turnhalle Alliance | 42,070 | 5.14 | 4 | –3 |
| | National Unity Democratic Organisation | 34,814 | 4.25 | 3 | New |
| | United Democratic Front | 30,355 | 3.71 | 3 | +1 |
| | Republican Party | 16,187 | 1.98 | 1 | New |
| | Monitor Action Group | 6,950 | 0.85 | 1 | –1 |
| | Namibian Democratic Movement for Change | 4,380 | 0.54 | 0 | New |
| | SWANU | 3,610 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Appointed members | Appointed members | | | 6 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 818,439 | 100.00 | 78 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 818,439 | 98.69 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 10,830 | 1.31 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 829,269 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 977,742 | 84.81 | | |
| Source: African Elections Database ||||||

### By region

| Region | CoD | DTA | MAG | NMDC | NUDO | RP | SWANU | SWAPO | UDF |
| Caprivi | 3,872 | 1,809 | 56 | 38 | 68 | 2,745 | 42 | 19,596 | 244 |
| Erongo | 6,186 | 2,746 | 1,102 | 281 | 3,380 | 1,664 | 291 | 39,604 | 8,127 |
| Hardap | 6,098 | 5,118 | 599 | 226 | 479 | 1,303 | 73 | 15,767 | 609 |
| ǁKaras | 7,059 | 3,761 | 671 | 215 | 495 | 1,061 | 82 | 25,127 | 681 |
| Kavango | 4,617 | 5,198 | 189 | 194 | 520 | 431 | 235 | 64,077 | 795 |
| Khomas | 18,872 | 7,225 | 1,982 | 819 | 8,782 | 5,040 | 1,071 | 87,092 | 5,880 |
| Kunene | 1,324 | 5,716 | 393 | 109 | 2,015 | 667 | 117 | 9,817 | 6,511 |
| Ohangwena | 443 | 166 | 31 | 64 | 158 | 80 | 133 | 88,061 | 374 |
| Omaheke | 1,039 | 3,488 | 566 | 1,549 | 6,849 | 1,310 | 821 | 12,582 | 491 |
| Omusati | 523 | 163 | 25 | 94 | 751 | 81 | 110 | 92,082 | 435 |
| Oshana | 1674 | 870 | 59 | 85 | 312 | 97 | 93 | 70,111 | 366 |
| Oshikoto | 2,567 | 647 | 244 | 88 | 410 | 228 | 147 | 63,769 | 1,126 |
| Otjozondjupa | 5,161 | 4,762 | 1,002 | 344 | 9,622 | 1,257 | 219 | 31,423 | 3,690 |
| Source: The Namibian ||||||||||