Landless People's Movement | |
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Abbreviation | LPM |
President | Bernadus Swartbooi |
Deputy Leader and Chief Strategist | Henny Seibeb |
Treasurer General | Aina Kodi |
National Events Coordinator | Ivan Skrywer |
Operative Secretary | Edson Isaacks |
Founded | 2017 |
Registered | 8 February 2019 |
Split from | SWAPO |
Headquarters | 11 Sauer Street Windhoek Khomas Region |
Student wing | LPM Youth and Student Command Element |
Ideology | Social democracy [1] [2] Democratic socialism [3] Land reform [4] Agrarian reform [4] Progressivism Federalism [1] |
Political position | Centre-left to left-wing [3] |
International affiliation | Progressive International |
Colors | Orange Black Green |
Slogan | Restoring Our Dignity |
Seats in the National Assembly | 4 / 104 |
Seats in the National Council | 6 / 42 |
Regional Councillors | 12 / 121 |
Local Councillors | 16 / 378 |
Pan-African Parliament | 0 / 5 |
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The Landless People's Movement (LPM) is a political party in Namibia. It is led by former deputy Minister of lands and resettlement Bernadus Swartbooi, who serves as its President and chief change campaigner, and Henny Seibeb, the party's deputy leader. [5] [6] [7] The party has four seats in parliament, which are occupied by the Party's President, Bernadus Swartbooi, Mootu Utaara, Isaacks Edison and Seibeb Henry. [8]
The Landless People's Movement was formed after Bernadus Swartbooi, deputy minister of land reform, was fired by the late former President Hage Geingob in December 2016 after refusing to apologise to then Land Reform Minister Utoni Nujoma, whom he accused of resettling people from other regions into the south of the country ahead of the Nama. [9] [10] [11]
Swartbooi has been a vocal advocate of land restitution and restorative justice for landless Namibians who were dispossessed of their land, including indigenous communities. [12] The party also favours LGBT rights, and it plans on addressing the issues of abortion and marijuana legalization. The party's youth wing is the LPM Youth and Student Command Element.
Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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2019 | Bernadus Swartbooi | 22,542 | 2.70% | Lost |
2024 | 51,160 | 4.65% | Lost |
The party took part in the 2024 Namibian general election and gained one seat in the Parliament of Namibia, in addition to its previous four seats, which the party won in the 2019 Namibian general election. Its leader, Bernadus Swartbooi, was the party's presidential candidate and achieved the fourth strongest support nationally by receiving 4.65% of the national vote. [13]
Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Result |
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2019 | Bernadus Swartbooi | 38,956 | 4.75% | 4 / 104 | New | 3rd | Opposition |
2024 | 56,971 | 5.21% | 5 / 104 | 1 | 5th | Opposition |
In 2023, Keetmanshoop by-election, LPM candidate Petrus Labuschagne won by 1,270 votes to claim victory for Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency Regional Councilor. [14]
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