Ndiyona Constituency Explained

Ndiyona is a constituency in the Kavango East region of Namibia. The district centre is the settlement of Ndiyona. It had a population of 20,633 in 2011, up from 19,565 in 2001.[1] the constituency had 6,210 registered voters.[2]

Ndiyona constituency until 2013 belonged to the Kavango Region.[1] In 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election, the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West.[3] The new Ndonga Linena Constituency was created from the western part of Ndiyona, so that Ndiyona is now much smaller than before. Both constituencies belong to Kavango East.[4]

Politics

Ndiyona constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Sebastiaan Karupu received 5,870 of the 6,716 votes cast.[5]

The 2015 regional elections were won by Swapo party candidate Eugen Likuwa with 1,859 votes. Florian Haingura of the All People's Party (APP) came second with 293 votes.[6] The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Laurentius Mukoya obtained 1,874 votes, far ahead of Stefanus Likuwa (APP, 172 votes).[2]

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kavango 2011 Census Regional Profile . 10 April 2020 . Statistics Namibia. dmy .
  2. Web site: Regional Council 2020 Election Results . . 18 January 2021 . Interactive map . 16 May 2021.
  3. News: President divides Kavango into two . Nakale . Albertina . 9 August 2013 . . allafrica.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141022020857/http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two . 22 October 2014 . 16 August 2013 .
  4. 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 . 22 . . 9 August 2013 . pdf.
  5. News: Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils . Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia . 3366 . 10 . . 3 January 2005 . pdf.
  6. Web site: Regional Council Election Results 2015 . . 3 December 2015 . 6 . 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 .

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