Katima Mulilo Rural

Katima Mulilo Rural is a constituency in the Zambezi Region of Namibia. It comprises the area south of the town of Katima Mulilo, the regional capital. As of 2020, the constituency had 6,712 registered voters.^[1]

Katima Mulilo Rural was created in 1998. Following a recommendation of the Second Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation for the 1998 general election, the old Katima Mulilo Constituency was split into Katima Mulilo Urban and Katima Mulilo Rural.^[2]

Politics[edit]

In the 2004 presidential election, Katima Mulilo Rural voted overwhelmingly for Hifikepunye Pohamba of Swapo party. Pohamba won with 3776 (72%) votes, followed by Ben Ulenga of the Congress of Democrats, who received 480 (9%) votes, Henk Mudge of the Republican Party who received 466 (9%) votes and Katuutire Kaura of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, who received 386 (7.5%) votes.^[3]

The 2015 regional election was won by Wardens Matengu Simushi of the SWAPO Party with 1,662 votes, followed by Daniel Sinyemba Sankwasa of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 182 votes and Annaberia Nswahu Maswahu of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 149 votes.^[4] Simushi was reelected in the 2020 regional election, obtaining 1,290 votes. The opposition candidates Sankwasa, now Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA), and Innocent Mahoto from the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020) received 352 and 303 votes, respectively.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
^ "Re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 1940. Government of Namibia. 31 August 1998. pp. 19–20.
^ Election results for Kabbe Constituency^{[permanent dead link]} Electoral Commission of Namibia
^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. pp. 22–23. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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[election2020-1] "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

[2] "Re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 1940. Government of Namibia. 31 August 1998. pp. 19–20.

[3] Election results for Kabbe Constituency^{[permanent dead link]} Electoral Commission of Namibia

[4] "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. pp. 22–23. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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