Namibia has one of Africa's healthiest economies and SWAPO, the former liberation movement that secured independence from South Africa, has maintained its popular support although dissent is growing over inequality and a lack of housing.
With slightly more than half of votes counted, the South-West Africa People's Organisation party - in power since 1990 - was leading the polls with 77%.
In the booth on Friday, voters found a grey electronic device with pictures or logos of the candidates and a green button next to each one. Instead of marking a cross on paper, voters selected their choice by pressing the button.
SWAPO's candidate for president, Hage Geingob, received 86% of votes in a presidential election also held on Friday.
Geingob, who served twice as prime minister in the former German colony rich in diamonds and uranium, faced eight challengers.
On Saturday, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) had released a first round of preliminary data putting Swapo in the lead with slightly more than 66% of the vote.
Namibia is aiming to become the world's second-largest uranium producer after Kazakhstan with the construction of its Chinese-backed Husab mine, expected to start production in 2015.
The sparsely populated, southern African state has been one of the world's best performing economies and growth is forecast to rise to 5 percent in 2014 from 4.4 percent last year. But lower metal prices, especially for its key export uranium, poses a risk, according to Namibia's central bank.
-Source: http://www.tvcnews.tv/
