Mariental Rural is a
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 (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...
in the
Hardap
Hardap is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Mariental. Hardap contains the municipality of Mariental, the towns Rehoboth and Aranos, and the self-governed villages Gibeon, Gochas, Kalkrand, Stampriet and Maltahöhe. It is ...
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 ...
. Its administrative centre is the city of
Mariental. It had a population of 15,308 in 2011, up from 13,946 in 2001.
the constituency had 4,065 registered voters.
Politics
The
2015 regional elections were won by Simon Christy Dukeleni of
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 ...
with 1,207 votes. The runner-up and only challenger was Anna Elizabeth de Kock of the
Rally for Democracy and Progress with 276 votes.
For the
2020 regional election "serious procedural errors" were discovered in Mariental Rural. No initial result were announced,
[ and the electoral court ordered a re-run.] The re-run was conducted on 26 February 2021. As in all other constituencies of Hardap, the candidate 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 histor ...
(LPM, a new party registered in 2018) won. Deensia Swartbooi obtained 1,099 votes. Simon Kooper of SWAPO came second with 854 votes.
References
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Constituencies of Hardap Region
States and territories established in 1992
1992 establishments in Namibia
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