Windhoek West constituency (red) in the Khomas Region (yellow)

Windhoek West Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. It contains the affluent suburbs of Hochland Park, Pioneers Park, Academia, Cimbebasia, Rocky Crest, Windhoek North and Windhoek West.[1] It had a population of 53,438 in 2011, up from 42,201 in 2001.[2] As of 2020, it has 33,556 registered voters.[3]

Politics

The first councillor of this constituency was Henk Mudge of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA). In 2002 Sophia Shaningwa of the SWAPO Party won the seat and served for a six-year term. In 2010 Shikwetepo Haindongo (SWAPO) took over as councillor of Windhoek West.[4]

When Haindongo died in August 2014 a by-election was held in November which was won overwhelmingly by Georg Trepper of SWAPO.[5] Trepper was reelected in the 2015 regional election with 3,781 of the 5,477 votes, followed by Sophia Panizza (DTA, 1,175 votes) and Maureen Dunn of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 521 votes.[6] In the 2020 regional election the SWAPO candidate won narrowly. Emma Muteka obtained 3,250 votes, followed by Jacobus Visagie of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 3,247 votes.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Victorious Shaningwa Calls for Unity". The Namibian. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
  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. ^ Matundu-Tjiparuro, Mae (28 February 2011). "Khomas Region, a constitutional, political and geographical hybrid". Focus on: Khomas Region. supplement to New Era. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Swapo wins Windhoek West by-election". The Namibian. 15 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 10.

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