Mpungu Constituency

Mpungu is a constituency in the Kavango West region of Namibia. Nkurenkuru, the capital of Kavango West, is situated in this constituency. The Mpungu settlement is also located here. It had a population of 20,787 in 2011, up from 18,660 in 2001.[1]

Location of Mpungu constituency (yellow) in the former Kavango Region (dark grey)

This constituency had 8924 registered voters as of 2004.[2]

Politics

As in all Kavango West constituencies, SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Titus Kandjimi Shiudifonya received 4,354 votes, followed by Elia Hambjuka of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 163 votes) and Festus Shimuhefereni Hamukwaya of the All People's Party (APP, 78 votes).[3]

References
  1. "Kavango 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. "Mpungu Constituency". Namibia Electoral Commission. 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  3. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 7. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.


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