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Political party in Namibia

Monitor Action Group
Leader	Gernot Schaaf
Founded	1991
Preceded by	National Party of South West Africa
Headquarters	Windhoek
Ideology	Conservatism Afrikaner minority politics
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The Monitor Action Group is a political party in Namibia. The party came into existence as the transformation of the National Party of South West Africa in 1991, Kosie Pretorius became its first chairperson and served until his retirement from active politics in June 2013. The party is based among conservative Afrikaners, with most of the top leadership having served in the government of apartheid South West Africa. In June 2009, the party contended that aspects of the affirmative action policy of Namibia violated the country's constitution.

Electoral history

At the parliamentary elections 15 and 16 November 2004, the party won 0.8% of popular votes and 1 out of 72 seats. The party was run by Kosie Pretorius, though Jurie Viljoen was the party's representative in the National Assembly.

In the 2009 election, the party chose not to run a candidate for president, but competed for seats in the National Assembly of Namibia. However, the party received only 4,718 votes, just below the minimum for a seat in the National Assembly. Ahead of the election, the top four party leaders were Kosie Pretorius, Jurie Viljoen, Gernot Wilfrid Schaaf and Eric Peters.

The party's election results further deteriorated in 2014. It did not contest the 2019 Namibian general election. In the 2020 local authority election it narrowly gained a seat in the Outjo municipality.

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Result
2004	Kosie Pretorius	9,378	1.15%	Lost N

National Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Result
1994	Kosie Pretorius	4,005	0.8%	1 / 72	1	5th	Opposition
1999		3,618	0.67%	1 / 72		5th	Opposition
2004		6,950	0.85%	1 / 72		7th	Opposition
2009		4,718	0.58%	0 / 72	1	10th	Extra-parliamentary
2014	Gernot Schaaf	3,073	0.34%	0 / 96		13th	Extra-parliamentary

References

Aspects of Affirmative Action unconstitutional: Monitor Action Group The Namibian via AllAfrica.com, 16 June 2009
Elections 2009 - MAG Leading Senior Members New Era via AllAfrica.com, 5 October 2009
Iikela, Sakeus (2 December 2019). "Reduced victory ... Swapo, Geingob drop votes". The Namibian. p. 1.
"2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 29 November 2020. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

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Local parties	Gobabis Residents' Association, 1 seat in Gobabis Karibib Ratepayers Association, 1 seat in Karibib Monitor Action Group, 1 seat in Outjo Okahandja Rate Payers Association, 1 seat in Okahandja Omaruru Community Development Association, 1 seat in Omaruru Rehoboth Independent Town Management Association, 1 seat in Rehoboth United People's Movement, 1 seat in Rehoboth Rundu Concerned Citizens Association, 1 seat in Rundu Rundu Urban Community Association, 1 seat in Rundu Swakopmund Residents Association, 2 seats in Swakopmund Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association, 1 seat in Walvis Bay Affirmative Repositioning, 2 seats in Windhoek
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