Karibib Constituency
Karibib constituency is a constituency in the Erongo Region of Namibia. It had a population of 13,320 in 2011, up from 12,084 in 2001.[1] The district capital is the town of Karibib. As of 2020 the constituency had 9,617 registered voters.[2]
Politics[]
In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Ussiel Poulus Xoagub narrowly won the constituency with 1,498 votes. He defeated challenger Zedekias Tsamaseb of the United Democratic Front (UDF, 1,313 votes) and Manfriedt Weskop of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 458 votes).[3]
The 2015 regional elections were won by Melania Ndjago of SWAPO with 1,902 votes. Tsamaseb of UDF came second with 1,212 votes while Christiaan Nguherimo of the RDP received 217 votes.[4][5] Ndjago was narrowly reelected in the 2020 regional election, winning the constituency with 1,296 votes. UDF was again runner-up, its candidate Ernestus Axakhoeb received 1,172 votes. In third place was Rudolf Kahingunga from the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020). He obtained 529 votes.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Erongo 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Election results from Electoral Commission of Namibia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
- ^ "Regional elections 2015". The Namibian. Regional Elections supplement. 1 December 2015. p. D2.
- ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
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