Otjiwarongo Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It had 22,614 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 22,931 registered voters in 2020[update].[2] The constituency consists of the town of Otjiwarongo and the surrounding rural area.
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Politics
editGrootfontein is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election, SWAPO candidate Ferdinand Frederich Kavetuna received 3,767 of the 6,758 votes cast and became councillor.[3] In the 2010 regional election, former Otjiwarongo mayor Otto Ipinge of the SWAPO Party was elected to the Otjozondjupa Regional Council.[4] The 2015 regional election was also won by the SWAPO candidate. Julius Neumbo gained 4,565 votes, followed by Esmerelda Esme ǃAebes of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 1,254 votes and Chris Katjivive of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) with 597 votes.[5]
After councillor Neumbo died in 2019, a by-election was run in March 2020. Again the SWAPO candidate won. Marlyn Mbakera obtained 2,910 votes, ahead of independent candidate Erastus Mbumba (1,020 votes) and Sebeteus Guiteb of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018, 752 votes).[6] Councillor Mbakera was re-elected in the 2020 regional election. She received 4,173 votes, well ahead of Erastus Mbumba, now of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, who obtained 1,592 votes. Asariel Iilonga of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA) came third with 721 votes, followed by Lazarus Januarie (LPM, 524 votes) and Johannes Nauiseb (NUDO, 450 votes).[2]
References
edit- ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
- ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3366. Government of Namibia. 3 January 2005. p. 13.
- ^ Otjiwarongo Constituency Electoral Commission of Namibia
- ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 21. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
- ^ Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (11 March 2020). "Swapo, PDM revel in poll victories… elected councillors promise good governance". New Era. p. 1.