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Oranjemund Constituency

Coordinates: 28°33′S 16°26′E / 28.550°S 16.433°E / -28.550; 16.433
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Oranjemund constituency (red) in the ǁKaras Region

Oranjemund is a constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. It covers an area of 4,623.138 km2 and had a population of 9,837 in 2011, up from 7,789 in 2001.[1] The main towns are the district capital Oranjemund and the mining town of Rosh Pinah, the constituency also contains the Sendelingsdrift border post.[2] As of 2020 the constituency had 7,894 registered voters.[3]

Economic activities concentrate on mining and tourism, the current unemployment rate is 48%.[2]

Politics

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Oranjemund Constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional elections, its candidate Toivo Nambala declared winner and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[4] In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Eliphas Iita won the constituency with 1,928 votes. His only challenger was Ignatius Murorua of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), who received 257 votes.[5]

Also in the 2015 regional elections the candidate of SWAPO won and Lasarus Angula Nangolo was elected with 2,607 votes against his challenger Simon Haulofu of RDP who received 201 votes.[6] Nangolo was re-elected in the 2020 regional election after obtaining 1,730 votes. Ruben Andreas of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020) came second with 980 votes, and Emerentia Riekert of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018) came third with 628 votes.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Karas 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Sasman, Catherine (10 November 2010). "Karas profile". New Era. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3366. Government of Namibia. 3 January 2005. p. 16.
  5. ^ Results from the Electoral Commission of Namibia
  6. ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 1. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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