Stampriet

Stampriet
Village
Bird's eye view of western part of Stampriet
Stampriet
Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 24°20′S 18°24′E / 24.333°S 18.400°E / -24.333; 18.400Coordinates: 24°20′S 18°24′E / 24.333°S 18.400°E / -24.333; 18.400
Country  Namibia
Region Hardap Region
Time zone UTC+2 (South African Standard Time)
Climate BWh

Stampriet is a village in Hardap Region, Namibia. It is located 64 km north-east of Mariental.[1]

Politics

Stampriet is governed by a village council that currently has five seats.[2]

In the 2010 local authority election, a total of 349 votes were cast in the village. SWAPO won with approximately 74% of the vote. Of the three other parties seeking seats, Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) received approximately 20% of the vote, followed by Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 5%) and the Congress of Democrats (CoD) which received 0 votes despite being on the ballot.[3] SWAPO also won the 2015 election and gained four seats (460 votes). The remaining seat went to the DTA which obtained 63 votes.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Stampriet, Namibia at Maplandia
  2. ↑ "Know Your Local Authority". Election Watch (3). Institute for Public Policy Research. 2015. p. 4.
  3. ↑ Local Authority Election Results for Stampriet
  4. ↑ "Local elections results". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 28 November 2015. p. 3. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015.


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