Kalahari Constituency

Kalahari Constituency is an electoral constituency in Omaheke Region, Namibia. It has 9,234 inhabitants,[1] the constituency office has been inaugurated in 2009 and is located at the Ben-Hur settlement.[2] The constituency forms part of the border between Namibia and Botswana.

Kalahari Constituency (yellow) in the Omaheke Region (dark grey)

Politics

In the 2004 election, 4541 residents were registered voters; 4011 (88%) of registered voters cast valid ballots. Hifikepunye Pohamba of SWAPO Party received 2312 total votes (58%), followed by Katuutire Kaura of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 11%), Henk Mudge of the Republican Party (RP, 9%), Kuaima Riruako of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO, 8%), Ben Ulenga of the Congress of Democrats (CoD, 5%), Justus ǁGaroëb of the United Democratic Front (UDF, 4%) and Kosie Pretorius of the Monitor Action Group (MAG, 4%).[3] Steve Mogotsi of SWAPO was elected to the Omaheke Regional Council. The constituency had previously elected a DTA member in 1992 and 1998.[4]

The 2015 regional election was again won by SWAPO. Ignatius Kariseb gained 1,522 votes, followed by Johannes Baumakwe (DTA) with 630 votes.[5]

See also

References
  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. Government of Namibia Information Bulletin, December 2009
  3. Kalahari Constituency Presidential election results at ECN.gov.na
  4. Steve Mogotsi Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at Namibia Institute for Democracy
  5. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 15. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.


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