Mpungu Constituency

Mpungu is a constituency in the Kavango West region of Namibia. It had a population of 20,787 in 2011, up from 18,660 in 2001,[1] and 9,121 registered voters in 2020,[2] up from 8,924 in 2004.[3]

Mpungu constituency (yellow, left) in the Kavango West region of Namibia

The settlements of Mpungu and Mukekete are situated in this constituency.[4] Before August 2013 the town of Nkurenkuru belonged to Mpungu constituency, and the constituency was situated in the Kavango Region. Following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election, the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West. Nkurenkuru Constituency was created from the area of Mpungu.[5] Both constituencies belong to Kavango West.[6]

Politics

As in all Kavango West constituencies, SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Titus Kandjimi Shiudifonya received 4,354 votes, followed by Elia Hambjuka of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 163 votes) and Festus Shimuhefereni Hamukwaya of the All People's Party (APP, 78 votes).[7] Shiudifonya was re-elected in the 2020 regional election, gaining more than 97% of the votes.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Kavango 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. "Mpungu Constituency". Namibia Electoral Commission. 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  4. Dlamini, Matthew (28 September 2020). "Mukekete San receive food parcels". The Namibian. p. 6.
  5. "Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 5261. Government of Namibia. 9 August 2013. pp. 36–37.
  6. Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  7. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 7. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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