Mariental Rural

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Mariental Rural constituency (red) in the Hardap Region (yellow)

Mariental Rural is a constituency in the Hardap region of Namibia. Its administrative centre is the city of Mariental. It had a population of 15,308 in 2011, up from 13,946 in 2001.[1] As of 2020 the constituency had 4,065 registered voters.[2]

Politics[]

The 2015 regional elections were won by Simon Christy Dukeleni of SWAPO with 1,207 votes. The runner-up and only challenger was Anna Elizabeth de Kock of the Rally for Democracy and Progress with 276 votes.[3]

For the 2020 regional election "serious procedural errors" were discovered in Mariental Rural. No initial result were announced,[2] and the electoral court ordered a re-run.[4] The re-run was conducted on 26 February 2021. As in all other constituencies of Hardap, the candidate of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018) won. Deensia Swartbooi obtained 1,099 votes. Simon Kooper of SWAPO came second with 854 votes.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hardap 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 4. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
  4. ^ Iikela, Sakeus (4 December 2020). "ECN files to nullify Aroab, Koës elections". The Namibian. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Final Results for the Rerun Elections for the Aroab, Koës, Stampriet Local Authorities and Mariental Rural Constituency" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

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Coordinates: 24°38′00″S 17°58′00″E / 24.6333°S 17.9667°E / -24.6333; 17.9667


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