Swapo deputy secretary general Uaherukua Herunga says the party is satisfied with the flow of special election results.
He, however, calls on the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to ensure a smoother process.
Speaking to Desert Radio on Thursday, Herunga said the available results showed that the party was doing well.
“We are seeing results that are coming from the diaspora, and we are doing okay.
“We hope the ECN will solve some of the small problems before the 27 November elections,” he said.
Some of the glitches experienced by the ECN on Wednesday included ballot shortages at some polling stations, voters being rowdy, and some not being able to vote.
Herunga’s comments come after a string of results from the special voting exercise on Wednesday showed that the ruling party is performing better than other parties locally and internationally.
The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) and Affirmative Repositioning (AR) are also garnering a reasonable number of votes.
According to results received so far, Swapo presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah took 21 of the 33 votes counted in Havana, Cuba.
The AR’s Job Amupanda took six, followed by the IPC’s Panduleni Itula with five.
The PDM’s McHenry Venaani received one vote.
In Brazil Swapo garnered five of the six votes counted.
In Berlin, Germany, Nandi-Ndaitwah got 45 votes, Itula 30, Venaani 15, Amupanda 14, and Landless People’s Movement (LPM) candidate Bernadus Swartbooi three.
In Brussels, Belgium, Nandi-Ndaitwah took the lead with 16 votes, and Itula garnered 13
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More to follow.
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