Karibib constituency is a constituency 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 w ...

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. It had a population of 13,320 in 2011, up from 12,084 in 2001. The district capital is the town of

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. the constituency had 9,617 registered voters.

Politics

In the 2010 regional elections,

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 ...

's Ussiel Poulus Xoagub narrowly won the constituency with 1,498 votes. He defeated challenger Zedekias Tsamaseb of the United Democratic Front (UDF, 1,313 votes) and Manfriedt Weskop of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 458 votes). The 2015 regional elections were won by Melania Ndjago of SWAPO with 1,902 votes. Tsamaseb of UDF came second with 1,212 votes while Christiaan Nguherimo of the RDP received 217 votes. Ndjago was narrowly reelected in the 2020 regional election, winning the constituency with 1,296 votes. UDF was again runner-up, its candidate Ernestus Axakhoeb received 1,172 votes. In third place was Rudolf Kahingunga from the

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(IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020). He obtained 529 votes.

References

Constituencies of Erongo Region States and territories established in 1992 1992 establishments in Namibia {{Namibia-gov-stub es:Distrito electoral de Karibib