Mariental Rural
Mariental Rural is a constituency in the Hardap region of Namibia. Its constituency office is situated in Stampriet.[1] It had a population of 15,308 in 2011, up from 13,946 in 2001.[2] As of 2020[update] the constituency had 4,065 registered voters.[3]
Politics
The 2015 regional elections were won by Simon Christy Dukeleni of SWAPO with 1,207 votes. The runner-up and only challenger was Anna Elizabeth de Kock of the Rally for Democracy and Progress with 276 votes.[4]
For the 2020 regional election "serious procedural errors" were discovered in Mariental Rural. No initial result were announced,[3] and the electoral court ordered a re-run.[5] The re-run was conducted on 26 February 2021. As in all other constituencies of Hardap, the candidate of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018) won. Deensia Swartbooi obtained 1,099 votes. Simon Kooper of SWAPO came second with 854 votes.[6]
References
- ^ "Constituencies". Hardap Regional Council. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Hardap 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 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 4. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
- ^ Iikela, Sakeus (4 December 2020). "ECN files to nullify Aroab, Koës elections". The Namibian. p. 3.
- ^ "Final Results for the Rerun Elections for the Aroab, Koës, Stampriet Local Authorities and Mariental Rural Constituency" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
External links
- "Constituencies of Namibia". Statoids.
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