Moses ǁGaroëb Constituency (informally also Western Hakahana, after the area it covers) is an electoral constituency in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It had a population of 45,564 in 2011, up from 25,642 in 2001.[1] As of 2020[update] it had 41,550 registered voters.[2]
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The constituency was created in 2003 at the recommendation of the Third Delimitation Commission which suggested that the constituency of Hakahana be split.[3] Since then, the suburb of Hakahana falls into two different constituencies.[4] The constituency is named after the politician Moses ǁGaroëb. The eastern part of Hakahana falls under Tobias Hainyeko constituency, after politician Tobias Hainyeko.[5]
Politics
editHakahana is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The first councillor of Moses ǁGaroëb Constituency was Helena Andreas (SWAPO) who won the 2004 regional election by a landslide, gaining 7,773 of the 8,348 votes cast.[6]
In the 2015 regional election SWAPO also won by a landslide. Its candidate Martin David was elected with 5,330 votes, while the only opposition candidate, Paulus Shikwamhanda of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) received 286 votes.[7] The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election, albeit by a much smaller margin. Aili Venonya received 5,983 votes. Tommy Efraim of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, came second with 3,960 votes.[2] Following the dearth of Aili Venonya in October 2020, Swapo party candidate Stefanus Ndengu won the Moses //Garoëb constituency by-election after receiving 2 970 votes, in January 2023.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Khomas 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Matundu-Tjiparuro, Mae (28 February 2011). "Khomas Region, a constitutional, political and geographical hybrid". Focus on: Khomas Region. supplement to New Era. p. 3.
- ^ "Re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 2942. Government of Namibia. 28 March 2003. pp. 20–21.
- ^ Maletzky, Christof (27 August 2008). "Constituency named after John Pandeni". The Namibian.
- ^ "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. 14.
- ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 9. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
- ^ Tendane, Sophie, Donald, Matthys (7 January 2023). "Swapo candidate wins Moses //Garoëb by-election". The Namibian Newspaper. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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