Rundu Rural

Rundu Rural (until 2013 Rundu Rural East) is an electoral constituency in the Kavango East Region of Namibia. It comprises the area east of Rundu, one of Namibia's largest cities. It had a population of 22,538 in 2011, up from 18,250 in 2001.[1] As of 2020 the constituency had 6,060 registered voters.[2]

Rundu Rural constituency (red) in the Kavango East region (yellow) of Namibia

The constituency contains the villages of Cuma and Kaisosi. Both villages are connected by a 60 kilometres (37 mi) gravel road which was completed in 2013.[3]

In 2013 the Kavango Region, to which this constituency belonged under the name Rundu Rural East, was split into Kavango East and Kavango West.[4] The constituency was renamed Rundu Rural. Its former sister constituency Rundu Rural West was also renamed, to Ncuncuni Constituency. Ncuncuni now belongs to Kavango West, whereas Rundu Rural belongs to Kavango East.[5]

Politics

The 2015 regional elections were won by Michael Shikongo of SWAPO. He received 1,284 votes. Marcellus Haivera of the All People's Party (APP) came second with 887 votes.[6] The 2020 regional election was won by Nginga Paulus Mbangu, an independent candidate. He received 1,846 votes. The sitting councillor and SWAPO candidate Shikongo came distant second with 654 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 19 May 2021.
  3. Haufiku, Mathias (19 August 2013). "New roads for Kavango East". New Era. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013.
  4. 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.
  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. 23, 39.
  6. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 6. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.


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