Under the supervision of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG), a team of more than 6,000 military and civilian personnel, a Constituent Assembly was elected. Despite various setbacks, more than 90 percent of the 701,483 registered voters participated in electing the 72 delegates to draw up the nation's new constitution.
An UNTAG worker checks information during the counting of tendered ballots at the Windhoek showgrounds. November 1989.