Nkurenkuru Constituency

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Nkurenkuru constituency (violet, top left) in the Kavango West region of Namibia Wahlkreise in Kavango-West (2014).svg
Nkurenkuru constituency (violet, top left) in the Kavango West region of Namibia

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]

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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]

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References

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


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