Editing Politics of Namibia (section)

===Legislative branch===
{{main|Parliament of Namibia}}
[[Image:Tintenpalast, Windhoek.jpg|thumb|The [[Tintenpalast]] in [[Windhoek]], housing the [[Parliament of Namibia]]]]
[[Parliament of Namibia|Parliament]] has [[bicameralism|two chambers]], consisting of a [[National Assembly of Namibia|National Assembly]] ([[lower house]]), elected for a five-year term, and a [[National Council of Namibia|National Council]] ([[upper house]]), elected for a six-year term. The Assembly is the primary [[legislative]] body, with the Council playing more of an advisory role.

From [[Independence of Namibia|Namibian independence]] until 2014 the National Assembly consisted of 78 members, 72 members elected by [[proportional representation]] and 6 members appointed by the president. The [[National Council of Namibia|National Council]] had 26 representatives of the Regional Councils. Every Regional Council in the 13 regions of Namibia elected two representatives to serve on this body.<ref name=GRNleg>{{cite web | url = http://209.88.21.36/opencms/opencms/grnnet/GRNOverview/grnStructure/legislative.html | title = GRN Structure. The Legislature | publisher = [[Government of Namibia]] |access-date = 29 September 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110818165115/http://209.88.21.36/opencms/opencms/grnnet/GRNOverview/grnStructure/legislative.html | archive-date = 18 August 2011}}</ref> Prior to the [[2014 Namibian general election|2014 general elections]] the [[Constitution of Namibia|constitution]] was amended. Since then there are 104 seats in the National Assembly (96 elected, 8 appointed), and 42 seats in the National Council (3 from each region, with the number of regions increased to 14).<ref>{{Cite journal | title=Women and political participation in Namibia and Nigeria: a comparative analysis of women in elective positions | first1=Maryam Omolara| last1=Quadri | first2=Erika K | last2=Thomas | journal=Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences | publisher=[[University of Namibia]] | volume=7 | issue=2 | date=2018 | issn=2026-7215 | pages=6–9 | url=http://repository.unam.edu.na/bitstream/handle/11070/2426/quadri_women_2018.pdf}}</ref>