Mariental Rural Explained

Mariental Rural is a constituency in the Hardap region of Namibia. Its constituency office is situated in Stampriet.[1] It had a population of 15,308 in 2011, up from 13,946 in 2001.[2]

In August 2013, Mariental Rural lost the eastern part of its territory, which became a constituency of its own, namely Aranos Constituency.[3] the constituency had 4,065 registered voters.[4]

Politics

Mariental Rural is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election, SWAPO candidate Katrina Hanse received 2,411 of the 4,636 votes cast and became councillor.[5]

The 2015 regional elections were won by Simon Christy Dukeleni of SWAPO with 1,207 votes. The runner-up and only challenger was Anna Elizabeth de Kock of the Rally for Democracy and Progress with 276 votes.[6]

For the 2020 regional election "serious procedural errors" were discovered in Mariental Rural. No initial result were announced,[4] and the electoral court ordered a re-run.[7] The re-run was conducted on 26 February 2021. As in all other constituencies of Hardap, the candidate of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018) won. Deensia Swartbooi obtained 1,099 votes. Simon Gerhardus Kooper of SWAPO came second with 854 votes.[8]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituencies . Hardap Regional Council . 7 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Hardap 2011 Census Regional Profile . 10 April 2020 . Statistics Namibia. dmy .
  3. 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 . 1–39 . . 9 August 2013 . pdf . 13 March 2024 . 27 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210427123633/https://www.parliament.na/index.php/archive/category/39-2013?download=1979:5261&start=140 . live .
  4. Web site: Regional Council 2020 Election Results . . 18 January 2021 . Interactive map . 21 March 2021.
  5. 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.
  6. Web site: Regional Council Election Results 2015 . . 3 December 2015 . 4 . 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 . dead . 8 December 2015 .
  7. News: Iikela . Sakeus . ECN files to nullify Aroab, Koës elections . 4 December 2020 . . 3.
  8. Web site: Final Results for the Rerun Elections for the Aroab, Koës, Stampriet Local Authorities and Mariental Rural Constituency . 27 February 2021 . . 7 March 2021.

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