Windhoek Rural constituency (red) comprises rural Khomas Region minus the city of Windhoek (yellow)

Windhoek Rural is a constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. Its district capital is the settlement of Groot Aub.[1] It had a population of 22,254 in 2011, up from 20,212 in 2001.[2] As of 2020, it has 13,625 registered voters.[3]

Copper specimen from Ogonja Mine, Seeis, Windhoek Rural

Windhoek Rural contains all settlements in the Khomas Region that are outside the city of Windhoek, among them:[4][5]

The main economic activity in this constituency is farming and related work like gardening, seed production, and firewood collection; 90% of the area consists of commercial farms.[4]

Politics

The 2004 regional election was won by Frederick Arie of the SWAPO Party who took over from Albert Tsuoub of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA).[6] The 2015 regional election were also won by SWAPO whose Penina Ita gained 2,372 votes. Willem Hendrik Vries of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) came second with 848 votes, followed by Bernard Gaoseb of the Republican Party (RP) with 415 votes.[7]

The 2020 regional election was narrowly won by Piet Adams of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018). He obtained 1,645 votes, followed by Johannes Elago (SWAPO) with 1,563 votes. Magdalena Haukelo of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, came in third with 1,099 votes, followed by Marthineo Dierkse of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA) with 714 votes.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Windhoek Rural Constituency is too vast". New Era. 18 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Khomas 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b Kapitako, Alvine (12 November 2010). "ELECTIONS 2010: Khomas Region profile". New Era. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Presidential and National Assembly Elections 2009". Supplement to several Namibian newspapers. Electoral Commission of Namibia. November 2009.
  6. ^ Matundu-Tjiparuro, Mae (28 February 2011). "Khomas Region, a constitutional, political and geographical hybrid". Focus on: Khomas Region. supplement to New Era. p. 3.
  7. ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 10.

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