Nkurenkuru Constituency

Nkurenkuru Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Kavango West Region of Namibia. It was created in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election.^[1] The administrative centre of Nkurenkuru Constituency is the town of Nkurenkuru.^[2] Before the administrative change in 2013 the area of this constituency, including the town of Nkurenkuru, was part of Mpungu Constituency in the Kavango Region.^[3]

Politics

As in all Kavango West constituencies, SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Damian Haikera Nakambare received 1,936 votes, followed by Markus Hambyuka of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 79 votes).^[4] For the 2020 regional election no opposition candidate was fielded,^[5] and Tenga Fillipus Ndara, the SWAPO candidate, was duly elected.^[6]

References

^ "Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 5261. Government of Namibia. 9 August 2013. p. 37. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
^ Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. via allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Alt URL
^ "Kavango 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 7. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
^ Nakale, Albertina (21 October 2020). "Uncontested constituencies reduced to 4 from 26". New Era. p. 1.
^ "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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[GG5261-1] "Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 5261. Government of Namibia. 9 August 2013. p. 37. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

[split-2] Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. via allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Alt URL

[Census2011-3] "Kavango 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[4] "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 7. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

[5] Nakale, Albertina (21 October 2020). "Uncontested constituencies reduced to 4 from 26". New Era. p. 1.

[election2020-6] "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

Nkurenkuru Constituency

Politics

See also

References