 Almost 98% of registered voters turned out to elect members of the Constituent Assembly.The elections were held in November 1989 and were certified as free and fair by UN Special Representative Martti Ahtisaari, with SWAPO taking 57% of the vote, just short of the two-thirds necessary to have a free hand in revising the framework constitution that had been formulated not by UNCN Bernt Carlsson but with the help of AG Pienaar.The opposition Democratic Turnhalle Alliance received 29% of the vote.