Rehoboth Rural is an electoral constituency in the Hardap region of Namibia. It had a population of 7,288 in 2011, down from 7,524 in 2001. [1] The constituency office is in Schlip. [2] Other settlements in Rehoboth Rural are Klein Aub, Khauxas and Rietoog. [3] As of 2020 [update] , the constituency had 4,701 registered voters. [4]
Rehoboth Rural is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
In the 2004 regional election, SWAPO candidate Trougott Claassen received 1,035 of the 2,217 votes cast and became councillor. [5]
The 2015 regional elections were won by Riaan Charles McNab of SWAPO with 1,113 votes. Petrus Johannes Mouton of the United People's Movement (UPM) came second with 389 votes, followed by Norbet Ralph Ludwig (RDP, 202 votes) and Samuel Benjamin de Groot (DTA, 141 votes). [6] The 2020 regional election was narrowly won by Gershon Dausab of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018). He obtained 935 votes. The sitting councillor McNab (SWAPO) came second with 745 votes. [4]
In the 2009 presidential elections, 2,512 residents cast a ballot. Katuutire Kaura of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) won the constituency with 1,114 total votes (44.3%). Behind Kaura were Frans Migub ǀGoagoseb of the Namibian Democratic Movement for Change (674 votes or 26.8%) and Hidipo Hamutenya of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) placed 3rd with 332 votes (13.2%). Incumbent President, SWAPO candidate and winner of 75.1% of all votes nationally Hifikepunye Pohamba received only 19 votes for less than 1% of the total vote in the constituency; it was the only constituency in the country which gave Pohamba less than 900 votes. [7]
Hardap is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Mariental. Hardap contains the municipality of Mariental, the towns Rehoboth and Aranos, and the self-governed villages Gibeon, Gochas, Kalkrand, Stampriet and Maltahöhe. It is home to the Hardap Dam.
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Keetmanshoop Rural is an electoral constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. It contains the Krönlein suburb of Keetmanshoop and the villages of Koës and Aroab, the settlements of Seeheim and Klein Karas, as well as several farming communities in the area. The constituency office is situated in Aroab. It had a populations of 7,219 in 2011, up from 6,399 in 2001. As of 2020 the constituency had 6,398 registered voters.
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Gibeon is a village in Gibeon Constituency in the Hardap Region of Namibia.
Rehoboth Urban West is an electoral constituency in the Hardap region of Namibia, comprising the suburbs of Rehoboth that are situated to the west of the national road B1. It had a population of 11,197 in 2011, up from 9,238 in 2001. As of 2020 the constituency had 8,324 registered voters.
Rehoboth Urban East is an electoral constituency in the Hardap region of Namibia, comprising the suburbs of Rehoboth that are situated to the east of the national road B1. It had a population of 18,035 in 2011, up from 12,891 in 2001. As of 2020 the constituency had 12,112 registered voters.
Mariental Urban is a constituency in the Hardap region of Namibia. It comprises the town of Mariental and the surrounding area. Mariental Urban had a population of 15,557 in 2011, up from 13,109 in 2001. As of 2020 the constituency had 10,480 registered voters.
Stampriet is a village in Hardap Region, Namibia. It is located 64 km north-east of Mariental and 1,177 metres (3,862 ft) above sea level, in a barren area on the upper reaches of the Auob River where humans and animals alike depend on borehole water. Stampriet is the administrative center of the Mariental Rural electoral constituency.
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Aranos Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Hardap 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. Aranos constituency was formed from the eastern part of Mariental Rural constituency. The administrative centre of Aranos Constituency is the town of Aranos. As of 2020 the constituency had 5,604 registered voters.
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