Kabbe North is an
electoral constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...
of the
Zambezi Region of
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 ...
. As of 2020, the constituency had 3,916 registered voters.
Kabbe North was created in August 2013 from the north-western part of
Kabbe Constituency
Kabbe was a constituency in the Zambezi Region of Namibia. Most of the area is situated in the flood area of the Zambezi River. It contained the former German Empire, German colonial residence of Schuckmannsburg (today Luhonono), as well as severa ...
, following a recommendation of the ''Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia'' to split Kabbe, and in preparation of the
2014 general election.
Politics
The
2015 regional election was won by Peter Mwala of the
SWAPO Party with 1,487 votes, followed by Calvin Ngandi Ngandi of the
Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 63 votes.
The
2020 regional election was also won by the SWAPO candidate. Bernard Kamwi Sisamu obtained 1,116 votes, ahead of Joseph Likando Matali from 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 with 292 votes, and Cooks Mukuwa Muyoba from the
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) with 136 votes.
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See also
* Administrative divisions of Namibia
Namibia is divided into 14 regions subdivided, which are further subdivided into 121 constituencies. The administrative divisions of Namibia are tabled by ''Delimitation Commissions'' and accepted or declined by the National Assembly.
History
Befo ...
References
Constituencies of Zambezi Region
States and territories established in 2013
2013 establishments in Namibia
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