Ncuncuni (until 2013: Rundu Rural West) is a constituency in the

Kavango West Kavango West is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital and only self-governed settlement is Nkurenkuru, its governor is Sirkka Ausiku. The Region was created in 2013 when the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West ...

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 ...

. It is located west of

Rundu Rundu is the capital and largest city of the Kavango-East Region in northern Namibia. It lies on the border with Angola on the banks of the Kavango River about above sea level. Rundu's population is growing rapidly. The 2001 census counted 36,9 ...

, one of Namibia's largest cities. It had a population of 38,281 in 2011, up from 26,623 in 2001. the constituency had 4,554 registered voters. In 2013 the

Kavango Region Kavango (before 1998: Okavango) was one of the thirteen regions of Namibia until it was split into the Kavango East and Kavango West Regions in 2013. Its capital was Rundu. In the north, Kavango bordered the Cuando Cubango Province of Angola, and ...

, to which this constituency belonged under the name ''Rundu Rural West'', was split into

Kavango East Kavango East is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Rundu, its governor is Bonifatius Wakudumo. The Region was created in 2013 when the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West. The only self-governed settlem ...

and Kavango West.Alt URL
/ref> The constituency was renamed ''Ncuncuni''; It belongs to Kavango West.

Politics

Herbert Shixwameni 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 ...

was councillor after the 2004 regional election. He resigned as councillor in 2008 when he left SWAPO to form the All People's Party (APP) with his younger brother,

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. In the resulting

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

in 2008, Rosa Kavara, also of SWAPO, became constituency councillor. Kavara was re-elected in the 2010 regional election, winning over Herbert Shixwameni (now APP) and Moses Nyundu of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP). Kavara was subsequently elected to represent the Kavango Region in the

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as one of 7 women on the 24 person body. As in all Kavango West constituencies, SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Incumbent Rosa Kavara received 1,159 votes, followed by Valerianus Ndango Haupindi (APP, 380 votes). Councillor Kavara died in January 2008. A by-election was held that was won by Ritha Sindjanga (SWAPO, 1097 votes), Paulus Mangundu of the APP came second with 355 votes. The 2020 regional election likewise went to SWAPO. Its candidate Leopoldine Nseu received 864 votes, far ahead of Protasius Shihwameni of the APP with 262 votes.

References

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Politics

See also

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