Keetmanshoop Urban is a constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. It comprises the city of Keetmanshoop, except the Krönlein suburb, covering an area of 524 km2 (202 sq mi). It had a population of 19,447 in 2011, up from 15,777 in 2001.[1][2] As of 2020[update] the constituency had 12,569 registered voters,[3] up from 11,534 in 2019.[4]
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Politics
editKeetmanshoop Rural is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
Regional and local elections
editIn the 2004 regional elections, Hilma Nicanor (SWAPO) was elected with 1,872 of the 3,803 votes cast.[5]
In the 2015 regional elections Councillor Nicanor (SWAPO) was again reelected with 2,291 votes. She defeated challengers Fredrik Kuhlmann of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 551 votes) and Peter John Visser of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 378 votes).[6][7] After councillor Nicanor was fielded as a parliamentary candidate in the 2019 Namibian general election, a by-election became necessary for Keetmannshoop Urban because Namibian electoral law prohibits sitting councillors and members of the public service to run for a seat in parliament.[8]
The by-election was conducted on 15 January 2020. Maxie Minnaar of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018) won with 1,958 votes, followed by Festus Shilimela (SWAPO, 1,306 votes) and Abraham ǀGoagoseb (Popular Democratic Movement, 292 votes).[4] Minnaar died in August 2020. Considering that the next regional election was only months away, the Electoral Commission of Namibia decided to keep the councillor position vacant until then.[9] The 2020 regional election was also won by the LPM. Its candidate Joseph Isaacks obtained 3,016 votes, well ahead of the SWAPO candidate Emrico Blaauw who came second with 1,849 votes.[3]
General elections
edit| Namibian general election, 2014 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | ||||
| SWAPO | 3,933 | 70.4% | ||||
| PDM | 550 | 9.8% | ||||
| RDP | 355 | 6.4% | ||||
| RP | 158 | 2.8% | ||||
| APP | 135 | 2.4% | ||||
| Democratic Party of Namibia | 80 | 1.4% | ||||
| Monitor Action Group | 71 | 1.3% | ||||
| WRP | 63 | 1.1% | ||||
| COD | 46 | 0.8% | ||||
| UPM | 39 | 0.7% | ||||
| UDF | 37 | 0.7% | ||||
| NEFF | 34 | 0.6% | ||||
| Total votes | 5,590 | 100.0% | ||||
| Registered voters | 10,197 | 54.8% | ||||
| Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia Archived 2018-03-26 at the Wayback Machine | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Sasman, Catherine (10 November 2010). "Karas profile". New Era. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Chapter 2: Population Structure, Composition and Density" (PDF). 2011 Population and Housing Census - ǁKaras Regional Profile. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 4. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ 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 6 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Results for Regional Council By Elections for the Gobabis, Keetmanshoop Urban, Khomasdal and Walvis Bay Urban Constituencies" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "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. 16.
- ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 1. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Nicanor Hilma Ndinelago". Parliament of Namibia. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "By-elections set for January". The Namibian. 18 October 2019.
- ^ Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (17 August 2020). "No new by-election for Keetmanshoop". New Era.