Arandis Constituency

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Arandis constituency (red) in the Erongo Region

Arandis is a constituency in the Erongo Region of central-eastern Namibia. It had a population of 10,093 in 2011, an increase from 7,590 in 2001.[1] As of 2020, the constituency had 8,888 registered voters.[2]

Arandis Constituency covers 13,519.7 km2 (5,220.0 sq mi) of land.[1] It includes the towns of Arandis and Henties Bay, as well as the smaller settlements at Cape Cross and Wlotzkasbaken.[3] Asser Kuveri Kapere, chairman of the National Council of Namibia from 2004 to 2015, has represented the constituency from its establishment in 1992 until 2015.

Politics

Arandis is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. SWAPO politician Asser Kuveri Kapere has represented the constituency from its establishment in 1992 until 2015. In the 2004 regional election he received 1,473 of the 2,298 votes cast and became councillor.[4] He was subsequently elected to the National Council of Namibia in December 2004 and became its chairman.[5] In the 2010 regional elections, Kapere won the constituency with 1,486 votes. His only challenger was Elijah ǀGawaseb of the United Democratic Front (UDF), who received 1,183 votes.[6] The 2015 regional elections were also won by SWAPO. Benitha Imbamba won with 1,518 votes. ǀGawaseb of UDF came second with 1,071 votes while the independent Andreas Prins received 212 votes.[7][8]

Imbamba was reelected in the 2020 regional election after receiving 1,213 votes. The other votes were widely distributed over several opposition candidates. Emmanuel Pamwenase Hangula of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020) received 825 votes, Daniel Tsaneb of the UDF received 667, Gustav Dlamini of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) received 595, and Christa Hochobes of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) received 571 votes.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Chapter 2: Population Structure, Composition and Density" (PDF). 2011 Population and Housing Census - Erongo Regional Profile. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 4. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Constituencies". Erongo Regional Council. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3366. Government of Namibia. 3 January 2005. p. 12.
  5. ^ Asser Kapere Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Namibia Institute for Democracy
  6. ^ Election results from Electoral Commission of Namibia Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Regional elections 2015". The Namibian. Regional Elections supplement. 1 December 2015. p. D2.
  8. ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.