Namibians wait to vote at a polling station in Windhoek, Namibia, Nov. 27, 2019. Namibian presidential and parliamentary elections kicked off on Wednesday. (Photo by Musa C Kaseke/Xinhua)
WINDHOEK, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Namibians go to the polls Wednesday morning for the seventh time since their independence in March 1990.
Records from Namibia's Electoral Commission (ECN) show that about 1.3 million voters have been registered, and vote for who will lead the country over the next five years.
The 4, 241 polling stations, spread across 121 constituencies countrywide opened at 7 a.m. local time and will be closed at 9 p.m.
Elizabeth Tashiya woke up early morning to stand in the queue at a polling station in Ojomuise, a suburb in Windhoek. She is confident that her vote would make a difference.
"I want to see change. I voted before in 2014. Moreover, I voted again today because I know my vote has the power to make a difference," Tashiya said.
Theo Mujoro, the chief electoral officer at the ECN, said that the presidential election results would be announced after the voting process is concluded at polling stations.
