Arandis is a

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in the

Erongo Region Erongo is one of the 14 regions of Namibia. The capital is Swakopmund. It is named after Mount Erongo, a well-known landmark in Namibia and in this area. Erongo contains the municipalities of Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Henties Bay and Omaruru, as ...

of central-eastern

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. It had a population is 10,093 in 2011, up from 7,590 in 2001. As of 2020, the constituency had 8,888 registered voters. Arandis Constituency includes the towns of Arandis and

Henties Bay Henties Bay (English language, English, literally: ''Henty's Bay''. Afrikaans: ''Hentiesbaai'', German language, German: ''Hentiesbucht'') is a coastal town in the Erongo Region of western Namibia. It is located 70 km north of Swakopmund an ...

. Asser Kuveri Kapere, chairman of the

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from 2004 to 2015, has represented the constituency from its establishment in 1992 until 2015.

Politics

SWAPO The South West Africa People's Organisation (, SWAPO; af, Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former ind ...

politician Asser Kuveri Kapere has represented the constituency from its establishment in 1992 until 2015. He was elected to the

in December 2004 and subsequently became its chairman. In the 2010 regional elections, Kapere won the constituency with 1,486 votes. His only challenger was Elijah ǀGawaseb of the United Democratic Front (UDF), who received 1,183 votes. The 2015 regional elections were also won by SWAPO. Benitha Imbamba won with 1,518 votes. ǀGawaseb of UDF came second with 1,071 votes while the independent Andreas Prins received 212 votes. Imbamba was reelected in the 2020 regional election after receiving 1,213 votes. The other votes were widely distributed over several opposition candidates. Emmanuel Pamwenase Hangula of the

Independent Patriots for Change The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) is a political party in Namibia. It was founded by Panduleni Itula in August 2020. As an independent presidential candidate in the 2019 Namibian general election, November 2019 election, Itula won the b ...

(IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020) received 825 votes, Daniel Tsaneb of the UDF received 667, Gustav Dlamini of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) received 595, and Christa Hochobes of the

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(PDM) received 571 votes.

References

{{Constituencies of the Erongo Region Constituencies of Erongo Region States and territories established in 1992 1992 establishments in Namibia