Gibeon Constituency Explained

Gibeon (Nama: Khaxa-tsûs) is a constituency in the Hardap Region of Namibia. The administrative centre of the constituency is the village of Gibeon. It had a population of 12,122 in 2011, up from 11,541 in 2001.[1]

In August 2013, Gibeon Constituency lost the western part of its territory, which became a constituency of its own, namely Daweb Constituency.[2] the constituency had 3,951 registered voters.[3]

Politics

Gibeon Constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election, SWAPO candidate Karl Kisting received 1,769 of the 3,145 votes cast and became councillor.[4]

The 2015 regional elections were won by Jeremias van Neel of SWAPO with 1,255 votes. Niklaas Jacobus Dawson of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) came second with 206 votes, followed by Geoffrey Keramen of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 122 votes.[5] The 2020 regional election was narrowly won by Paul Isaak of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018). He obtained 890 votes. The sitting councillor van Neel (SWAPO) came second with 769 votes.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hardap 2011 Census Regional Profile . 10 April 2020 . Statistics Namibia . dmy .
  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. 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 .
  4. News: Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils . Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia . 3366 . 15 . . 3 January 2005 . pdf.
  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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