Presidential elections

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Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
1999	Justus ǁGaroëb	16,272	3.02%	Lost N
2004		31,354	3.83%	Lost N
2009		19,258	2.37%	Lost N
2014	Did not run
2019	Apius Auchab	22,115	2.7%	Lost N

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National Assembly elections

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Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Result
1989	Justus ǁGaroëb	37,874	5.65%	4 / 72	4	3rd	Opposition
1994		13,309	2.72%	2 / 72	2	3rd	Opposition
1999		15,685	2.93%	2 / 72		4th	Opposition
2004		30,355	3.71%	3 / 72	1	5th	Opposition
2009		19,489	2.40%	2 / 72	1	5th	Opposition
2014	Apius Auchab	18,945	2.12%	2 / 96		5th	Opposition
2019		14,644	1.79%	2 / 96		6th	Opposition

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1989

The UDF received 37,874 votes (5.65%) in the 1989 election, which elected members to the Constituent Assembly of Namibia. The Constituent Assembly elected the first President and wrote Namibia's constitution. From the UDF, President Justus ǁGaroëb, Reggie Diergaardt, Eric Biwa and Theophelus Soroseb were chosen for the assembly.^[4]

1992

The UDF won one seat in the 1992 elections for the National Council of Namibia.

1994

In 1994, electoral support for the party diminished in both relative and total support. The party received 13,309 total votes (2.72% of the national vote). Two UDF members were elected to the National Assembly (ǁGaroëb and Biwa).^[5]

1998

The party retained its single seat in the National Council in 1998.^[6]

1999

Following the 1999 parliamentary election, the UDF formed a coalition with the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) so that the two parties could together be the official opposition despite the Congress of Democrats receiving the second highest number of votes.

2004

In the parliamentary election held on November 15 and 16, 2004, the party won 3.5% of popular votes and three out of 78 seats 1. More than half (16,081 of 29,336 total votes) of the party's electoral support came from Khomas Region, Kunene Region and Otjozondjupa Region, with the single largest total coming from Kunene.^[7] The party again retained its single seat in the National Council in 2004.^[8] The UDF MPs elected in 2004 were Justus ǁGaroëb, Gustaphine Tjombe and Michael Goreseb.

2009

In the November 2009 general election, Justus ǁGaroëb once again ran for election to Namibia's presidency with the UDF; he received 19,258 total votes, representing 2.37% of all votes and finished in fifth place. The party earned two seats in the National Assembly, down from 3 in 2004. The two seats went to party leader Justus ǁGaroëb and Simson Tjongarero.