Okorukambe Constituency Explained

Okorukambe Constituency, until 2013 Steinhausen Constituency,[1] is an electoral constituency in the Omaheke Region of Namibia. It had 9,066 inhabitants in 2004[2] and 5,818 registered voters .[3] Its district capital is the settlement of Steinhausen. It further contains the settlements of Witvlei and Omitara.[4]

Politics

SWAPO politician and deputy minister of Works and Transport Kilus Nguvauva was the councillor of this constituency from the 1998 regional election[5] . He was reelected in the 2004 regional elections, gaining 1,610 of the 2,903 votes cast,[6] and he also remained councillor after the 2010 regional elections.[5]

The 2015 regional election was likewise won by a SWAPO candidate. Raphael Mokaleng gained 1,898 votes, followed by Emgardt Kandovazu of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 352 votes and Eskaline Ganes of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 164 votes. Lukas Mbangu of the All People's Party also ran and got 45 votes.[7]

The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Rocco Nguvauva obtained 1,465 votes, followed by Laurentius Kamanda of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018, 489 votes) and Kavehorere Murangi of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA) with 482 votes.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: President divides Kavango into two. Nakale. Albertina. 9 August 2013. New Era. via allafrica.com. http://allafrica.com/stories/201308090372.html?viewall=1. 21 December 2015.
  2. http://www.statoids.com/yna.html Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  3. Web site: Regional Council 2020 Election Results . . 18 January 2021 . Interactive map . 23 October 2021.
  4. News: Electoral Commission of Namibia . Presidential and National Assembly Elections 2009 . Supplement to several Namibian newspapers . November 2009.
  5. News: Tearful Nguvauva thanks voters. 29 October 2015. New Era.
  6. News: Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils . Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia . 3366 . 17 . . 3 January 2005 . pdf.
  7. Web site: Regional Council Election Results 2015 . . 3 December 2015 . 16 . 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 .