Windhoek West Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. It contains the affluent suburbs of Hochland Park, Pioneers Park, Academia, Cimbebasia, Rocky Crest, Windhoek North and Windhoek West.[1] It had a population of 53,438 in 2011, up from 42,201 in 2001.[2] As of 2020[update], it has 33,556 registered voters.[3]
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Politics
editThe first councillor of this constituency was Henk Mudge of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA).[4] In 2003 Sophia Shaningwa of the SWAPO Party won the seat in a by-election triggered by Mudge's resignation from the National Council. She served for the remainder of the term. Shaningwa was reelected in the 2004 regional election, gaining 3,408 of the 6,196 votes cast.[5]
In 2010 Shikwetepo Haindongo (SWAPO) took over as councillor of Windhoek West.[6] When Haindongo died in August 2014 a by-election was held in November which was won overwhelmingly by Georg Trepper of SWAPO.[7] Trepper was reelected in the 2015 regional election with 3,781 of the 5,477 votes, followed by Sophia Panizza (DTA, 1,175 votes) and Maureen Dunn of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 521 votes.[8] In the 2020 regional election the SWAPO candidate won narrowly. Emma Muteka obtained 3,250 votes, followed by Jacobus Visagie of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 3,247 votes.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Victorious Shaningwa Calls for Unity". The Namibian. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
- ^ "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 23 June 2021.
- ^ Petros Kuteeue, "DTA threatens to take Henk Mudge to court" Archived 2005-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, The Namibian, August 21, 2003.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Matundu-Tjiparuro, Mae (28 February 2011). "Khomas Region, a constitutional, political and geographical hybrid". Focus on: Khomas Region. supplement to New Era. p. 3.
- ^ "Swapo wins Windhoek West by-election". The Namibian. 15 November 2014.
- ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 10.