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Kalahari Constituency
Kalahari Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omaheke Region of eastern central Namibia. It had 9,234 inhabitants in 2004 and 5,294 registered voters . The constituency covers the rural area east of Gobabis as well as Gobabis' Nossobville suburb. The constituency office has been inaugurated in 2009 and is located at the Ben-Hur settlement. Kalahari constituency forms part of the border between Namibia and Botswana. Politics Presidential elections In the 2004 election, 4541 residents were registered voters; 4011 (88%) of registered voters cast valid ballots. Hifikepunye Pohamba of SWAPO Party received 2312 total votes (58%), followed by Katuutire Kaura of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 11%), Henk Mudge of the Republican Party (RP, 9%), Kuaima Riruako of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO, 8%), Ben Ulenga of the Congress of Democrats (CoD, 5%), Justus ǁGaroëb of the United Democratic Front (UDF, 4%) and Kosie Pretorius of the Monitor Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahlkreis Kalahari (2014)
Under Germany's mixed member proportional system of election, the Bundestag has 299 constituencies (, electoral districts), each of which elects one member of the Bundestag by first-past-the-post voting (a plurality of votes). At least 299 more representatives are elected from closed lists in each of Germany's sixteen ''Länder'', distributed in a manner that ensures that the overall proportion of representatives for each party is approximately equal to the proportion of votes its list received. Voting was last held in Germany's constituencies on 27 September 2021, determining the members of the 20th Bundestag. List of seats by ''Land'' Baden-Württemberg 38 constituencies: *Stuttgart I * Stuttgart II *Böblingen * Esslingen *Nürtingen *Göppingen *Waiblingen *Ludwigsburg * Neckar-Zaber *Heilbronn *Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe *Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd *Aalen – Heidenheim * Karlsruhe-Stadt * Karlsruhe-Land *Rastatt *Heidelberg *Mannheim *Odenwald – Tauber *Rh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuaima Riruako
Kuaima Isaac Riruako (24 April 1935CV at Namibian Parliament website – 2 June 2014) was a Namibian politician and the paramount chief of the Herero people. He served as a National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) representative in Parliament, and he was the President of NUDO and its presidential candidate in the 2004 Namibian presidential election, 2004 presidential election, placing fourth with 4.23% of the national vote. Life and career Riruako was born into the Tjamuaha-Maharero royal family on 24 April 1935 in the settlement of Otjewe in the Aminuis Constituency. His birth name was Issaskar Kakuremdiro; the name Kuaima he assumed later in life after his grandfather. He attended school at St Barnabas, Windhoek, St. Barnabas Primary in Windhoek and at th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Namibian Local And Regional Elections
Local and regional elections were held in Namibia on 25 November 2020 to elect new local and regional councils. The previous round of elections was held in 2015 and won by the ruling SWAPO party. Electoral system Elections for regional councils are held using the first-past-the-post electoral system. Voters in each constituency elect one councillor to represent them on their regional council. Local authority councillors are elected by a system of proportional representation. Local authority candidate lists have affirmative action requirements for women. Election process Although Namibia has 1.35 million registered voters, only about 370,000 have voter cards that specify their area of residence, a requirement to elect local and regional councillors. A supplementary voter registration, also for citizens that have turned 18 and those who have relocated, was conducted between 7 and 15 September 2020, and yielded 188,000 registrations. In April 2020, the Electoral Commission of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibian Local And Regional Elections, 2015
Namibia held elections for their local and regional councils on 27 November 2015. Ballots were cast using electronic voting. Electoral system Elections to regional councils are held using the first-past-the-post electoral system. Voters in each constituency elect one councillor to represent them on their regional council. Local authority councillors are elected by a system of proportional representation. Results Regional and local elections taken together elected 199 woman out of the 499 available seats, partly because affirmative action for women is required by law in local authority elections. Regional elections There are 121 constituency councillors to be elected. In twenty-eight of them SWAPO was announced as winner in October because no opposition party nominated a candidate. Local election Local elections determine the population of the village, town, and city councils and have a direct influence on who will become mayor, as this position is elected among all councillor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Namibian Local And Regional Elections
Namibia held two subnational elections in 1998. Local Authority Council elections were held on 16 February 1998. Regional Council elections were held from 30 November to 1 December 1998. Results Local Authority Councils Regional Councils A total of 738,870 voters were registered, but 204,592 were in uncontested constituencies. Electoral Commission of Namibia References {{Namibian elections Local and regional elections in Namibia |
1992 Namibian Local And Regional Elections
Local Authority Council and Regional Council Elections in Namibia were held from 30 November to 3 December 1992. Results Local Authority Councils Regional Councils A total of 534,437 voters were registered, but 64,431 were in uncontested constituencies. Electoral Commission of Namibia References {{Namibian elections , state=expanded Local and regional elections in Namibia |
Steve Mogotsi
Stefanus "Steve" Orateng Mogotsi (born 26 December 1961) is a Namibian politician and former featherweight boxer. A member of SWAPO, Mogotsi won a seat in the Regional Council of Omaheke Region in 2004. He was subsequently selected to the 3rd National Council of Namibia. The seat, representing Kalahari Constituency, had been held by the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance since 1992. Early life and education Mogotsi was born in Aminuis, Omaheke Region. He was a featherweight boxing champion and a winger for the Namibian rugby union team in 2011. He joined SWAPO in 1978, while studying at St. Joseph's High School in Döbra. Career He became increasingly involved in politics when he worked at Consolidated Diamond Mines (CDM) in Oranjemund, ǁKaras Region. At CDM, Mogotsi became the shop steward for the Mineworkers Union of Namibia. In 1994, Mogotsi moved permanently back to Omaheke Region, the region of his birth, to become a full-time commercial farmer and building contractor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Namibian Local And Regional Elections
Namibia held two subnational elections in 2004. Local Authority Council elections were held on 14 May 2004. Regional Council elections were held 29–30 November 2004. Results Local Authority Councils In the regions of Helao Nafidi and Outapi only the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) fielded any candidates, so no elections were held and all SWAPO candidates were declared elected. Regional Councils References {{Namibian elections , state=expanded Local and regional elections in Namibia 2004 in Namibia Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ... May 2004 events in Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monitor Action Group
The Monitor Action Group is a political party in Namibia. The party came into existence as the transformation of the National Party of South West Africa in 1991, Kosie Pretorius became its first chairperson and served until his retirement from active politics in June 2013. The party is based among conservative Afrikaners, with most of the top leadership having served in the government of apartheid South West Africa. In June 2009, the party contended that aspects of the affirmative action policy of Namibia violated the country's constitution. Electoral history At the parliamentary elections 15 and 16 November 2004, the party won 0.8% of popular votes and 1 out of 72 seats. The party was run by Kosie Pretorius, though Jurie Viljoen was the party's representative in the National Assembly. In the 2009 election, the party chose not to run a candidate for president, but competed for seats in the National Assembly of Namibia. However, the party received only 4,718 votes, just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosie Pretorius
Jacobus Willem Francois Pretorius, commonly known as Kosie Pretorius (5 September 1935CV at Namibian Parliament website – 14 July 2017), was a n politician. He was the Chairman of the party, which mainly represents conservative , and was a member of the |
United Democratic Front (Namibia)
The United Democratic Front (UDF) is a political party in Namibia. Justus ǁGaroëb founded the party in 1989 and led it until 2013. He was succeeded by Apius Auchab. History The United Democratic Front is a political party that is most widely supported by Damara people. Its roots are in the Damara Council, an administrative body for the Damaraland territory in South West Africa that in 1980 became a political party. The Damara Council in 1989 joined other parties in order to participate in the first democratic elections in Namibia. The result of the merger was the United Democratic Front (UDF). The founding members of the UDF were Justus ǁGaroëb, leader of the Damara Council, and Reggie Diergaardt, leader of the Labour Party. On 20 July 1989 the Patriotic Unity Movement joined the UDF. The UDF formed an alliance with a number of splinter parties prior to the 1989 election: * CANU-UDF, a wing of CANU, led by George Mutwa * Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP), led by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justus ǁGaroëb
Gaob Dr. Justus ǀUruhe ǁGaroëb (born 16 December 1942CV at Parliament website ) is the Gaob (King) of the ǂNūkhoe ǁAes (Damara Nation) as of 1977 ear of customary designationand is the longest serving supreme traditional leader in recorded history. Historical accounts (both oral and academic) have it that most gaogu (kings) reigned for 25 years (average), whilst the nation celebrated the Sapphire Anniversary of the ǁGaroëb dynasty. He (just like most if not all pre-independence traditional leaders was active in national politics and was at the forefront of the Namibian struggle for Indendence. Gaob Dr. ǁGaroëb was a staunch opponent of South African rule and led the oppositional |
