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Walvis Bay Urban

Coordinates: 22°57′0.06″S 14°30′35.46″E / 22.9500167°S 14.5098500°E / -22.9500167; 14.5098500
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Walvis Bay Urban constituency (yellow) in the Erongo Region (dark grey)

Walvis Bay Urban is a constituency in the Erongo Region of Namibia, comprising the city of Walvis Bay. It had a population of 35,828 in 2011, up from 27,941 in 2001.[1]

Politics

In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Hafeni Ndemula won the constituency with 4,254 votes. His only challenger was Sippora Ndeshihala Kamati of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), who received 789 votes.[2]

Ndemula also won the 2015 regional elections with 3,719 votes. Clementia Hababeb of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) came second with 461 votes, and Cornelius John Jansen (RDP) obtained 192.[3] After councillor Ndemula was fielded as a parliamentary candidate in the 2019 Namibian general election, a by-election became necessary for Walvis Bay Urban because Namibian electoral law prohibits sitting councillors and members of the public service to run for a seat in parliament.[4] The by-election was conducted on 15 January 2020. Knowledge Ipinge, an independent candidate, won with 1,636 votes, followed by Sirie Topulathana (SWAPO, 1,313 votes). Jason Iilonga (independent) and Richard Hoaeb (Popular Democratic Movement (PDM)) also ran and gained 436 and 208 votes, respectively.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Erongo 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ Results from the Electoral Commission of Namibia
  3. ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. pp. 2–3.
  4. ^ "By-elections set for January". The Namibian. 18 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Results for Regional Council By Elections for the Gobabis, Keetmanshoop Urban, Khomasdal and Walvis Bay Urban Constituencies" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

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