Anamulenge Constituency Explained

Anamulenge Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia. It had 12,470 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 11,186 registered voters .[2] Its district capital is the settlement of Anamulenge.

Settlements

Politics

Anamulenge is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Aipinge Joseph Kanyenye Aluvilu won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[4]

In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Werner Kalipi won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[5] The SWAPO candidate won the 2020 regional election by a landslide. Tylves Angala obtained 3,664 votes, followed by independent candidate Erphas Heita with 361 votes and Joseph Shiningayamwe of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 241 votes.[2]

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.statoids.com/yna.html Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. Web site: Regional Council 2020 Election Results . . 18 January 2021 . Interactive map . 23 October 2021 . 12 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210612210020/https://elections.na/ . dead .
  3. News: Untreated water from wells only source for Omusati villagers. Shivute. Oswald. 20 December 2012. The Namibian. 5.
  4. News: Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils . Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia . 3366 . 6 . . 3 January 2005 . pdf.
  5. News: Opposition parties are mosquitoes, says Kawana . . 26 October 2015 .