Keetmanshoop Urban is a constituency in the

ǁKaras Region The ǁKaras Region (pronounced , with a lateral click) is the southernmost and least densely populated of the 14 regions of Namibia; its capital is Keetmanshoop. The name assigned to the region reflects the prominence of the Karas mountain rang ...

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 ...

. It comprises the city of

Keetmanshoop Keetmanshoop is a city in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, lying on the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Upington in South Africa. It is named after Johann Keetman, a German industrialist and benefactor of the city. History Befo ...

, except the Krönlein suburb. It had a population of 19,447 in 2011, up from 15,777 in 2001. the constituency had 12,569 registered voters, up from 11,534 in 2019.

Politics

Regional and local elections

In the 2015 regional elections

Hilma Nicanor Hilma Ndinelago Nicanor (born 3 May 1956 in Oshana Region) is a Namibian politician and woman activist. At the age of 18 she joined Swapo and its military wing, the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) to contribute to the fight for Namib ...

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 ...

, was reelected with 2,291 votes. She had been councillor of Keetmanshoop Urban since 2004 and defeated challengers Fredrik Kuhlmann of the

Democratic Turnhalle Alliance The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic ...

(DTA, 551 votes) and Peter John Visser of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 378 votes). After councillor Nicanor was fielded as a parliamentary candidate in the

2019 Namibian general election General elections were held in Namibia on 27 November 2019. Ballots were cast using electronic voting. A total of eleven candidates ran for the presidency and fifteen political parties contested the National Assembly elections. Hage Geingob of S ...

, a

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became necessary for Keetmannshoop Urban because Namibian electoral law prohibits sitting councillors and members of the public service to run for a seat in parliament. The by-election was conducted on 15 January 2020. Maxie Minnaar of the

Landless People's Movement The Landless People's Movement was an independent social movement in South Africa. It consisted of rural people and people living in shack settlements in cities. The Landless People's Movement boycotted parliamentary elections and had a history ...

(LPM, a new party registered in 2018) won with 1,958 votes, followed by Festus Shilimela (

, 1,306 votes) and Abraham ǀGoagoseb (

Popular Democratic Movement The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic ...

, 292 votes). Minnaar died in August 2020. Considering that the next regional election was only months away, the

Electoral Commission of Namibia The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is an agency of the Government of Namibia. It was founded in 1992 under the Electoral Act 24 of 1992. The aim of the commission is to oversee all Namibian electoral activities starting from voter registra ...

decided to keep the councillor position vacant until then. The 2020 regional election was also won by the LPM. Its candidate Joseph Isaacks obtained 3,016 votes, well ahead of the SWAPO candidate Emrico Blaauw who came second with 1,849 votes.

General elections

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Namibian general election, 2014 General elections were held in Namibia on 28 November 2014, although early voting took place in foreign polling stations and for seagoing personnel on 14 November. The elections were the first on the African continent to use electronic voting. ...

, -style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left", Party !Votes !% , - , , 3,933 , 70.4% , - , , 550 , 9.8% , - , , 355 , 6.4% , - , , 158 , 2.8% , - , , 135 , 2.4% , - , , 80 , 1.4% , - , , 71 , 1.3% , - , , 63 , 1.1% , - , , 46 , 0.8% , - , , 39 , 0.7% , - , , 37 , 0.7% , - , , 34 , 0.6% , - , -style="background:#e9e9e9;" !colspan="2" style="text-align:left", Total votes , 5,590 , 100.0% , - , colspan="2" style="text-align:left", Registered voters , 10,197 , 54.8% , - , colspan=7 style="text-align:left;" , Source
Electoral Commission of Namibia

References

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