Swakopmund Constituency

Swakopmund constituency is a constituency in the Erongo Region of Namibia. The constituency had a population of 44,725 in 2011, up from 26,310 in 2001.[1] The coverage of the constituency and its district capital is the city of Swakopmund.

Swakopmund constituency (yellow) in the Erongo Region (dark grey)

Politics

In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Germina Ndapua Shitaleni won the constituency with 5,132 votes. His only challenger was Esegiel Guiseb of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), who received 2,540 votes.[2]

The 2015 regional elections were won by Juuso Kambueshe of SWAPO with 6,121 votes. Christa Magrietha Hochobeb of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) came second with 2,237 votes, and Rossie Lucia Ramakhutua of the RDP came third with 774 votes.[3]

References
  1. "Erongo 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. Election results from Electoral Commission of Namibia
  3. "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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