Omaruru Constituency

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Omaruru constituency (red) in the Erongo Region (yellow)

Omaruru is a constituency in the Erongo Region of central-eastern Namibia. Its district capital is the city of Omaruru. It had a population of 8,577 in 2011, up from 7,156 in 2001. [1] As of 2020 the constituency had 6,672 registered voters. [2]

Politics

In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Uparura Michael Tjirare won the constituency with 1,102 votes. The defeated challengers were Josef Landuleni Nangolo of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 570 votes), Lisken Noabes of the United Democratic Front (UDF, 398 votes) and John Tjiuongua of the Congress of Democrats (CoD, 96 votes). [3]

The 2015 regional elections were won by Johannes Tuhafeni Hamutenya of SWAPO with 1,420 votes. Christiaan Nanuseb of UDF came second with 678 votes, Sanna Sofia Paulus of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) received 348 votes, and Vincent Isboset Kahua of National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) received 282. [4] [5]

The 2020 regional election were again won by the SWAPO candidate. Erenst Manfred Wetha became constituency councillor with 895 votes. Roger Nautoro of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA) came second with 819 votes, followed by Christiaan Kazuvire of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020, 419 votes), Shighongo Sigberth Mangundu (an independent candidate, 355 votes), and NUDO's Kahua with 251 votes. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. Election results from Electoral Commission of Namibia
  4. "Regional elections 2015". The Namibian . Regional Elections supplement. 1 December 2015. p. D2.
  5. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.