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Rehoboth Urban East 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 (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 ...
, comprising the suburbs of
Rehoboth that are situated to the east of the national road
B1. It had a population of 18,035 in 2011, up from 12,891 in 2001.
the constituency had 12,112 registered voters.
Politics
The
2015 regional elections were won by Edward Alfred Wambo 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 3,250 votes. Frans Josef Bertolini of the
United People's Movement (UPM) came second with 1,090 votes, followed by Marius ǃKharigub of the
Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 393 votes) and Johannes Lukas de Klerk 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, 227 votes).
Wambo was narrowly reelected in the
2020 regional election and is now the only SWAPO councillor in Hardap Region. He obtained 1,829 votes. Bartholomeus Pieters 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) came second with 1,756 votes.
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References
Constituencies of Hardap Region
Rehoboth, Namibia
States and territories established in 1992
1992 establishments in Namibia
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