Daweb Constituency Explained

Daweb Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Hardap Region of Namibia. It was created in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election.[1] Daweb constituency was formed from the western part of Gibeon Constituency.[2]

The administrative centre of Daweb Constituency is the village of Maltahöhe. It also contains a number of small settlements, among them Uibes.[3] the constituency had 3,297 registered voters.[4]

Politics

In the 2015 regional elections Herculus Jantze of Swapo won the constituency with 853 votes, followed by the independent candidate Adam Johannes Baisako (199 votes), Paul Lucas Simon of the Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN, 108 votes) and Anna Lukas of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 80 votes).[5] The 2020 regional election was won by Nicodemus Jesajas Motinga of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018). He obtained 963 votes. The sitting councillor Jantze (SWAPO) came second with 628 votes.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: President divides Kavango into two. Nakale. Albertina. 9 August 2013. New Era. via allafrica.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20141022020857/http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two. 22 October 2014. Alt URL
  2. News: Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992 . Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia . 5261 . 34f . . 9 August 2013 . pdf . 21 March 2021 . 27 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210427123633/https://www.parliament.na/index.php/archive/category/39-2013?download=1979:5261&start=140 . dead .
  3. News: Communities want improved radio network coverage . Shanyengana . Shoombe . 7 August 2020 . .
  4. Web site: Regional Council 2020 Election Results . . 18 January 2021 . Interactive map . 21 March 2021 . 12 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210612210020/https://elections.na/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Regional Council Election Results 2015 . . 3 December 2015 . 4 . 22 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208163948/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 . 8 December 2015 . dead .

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