Karibib constituency is a constituency in the

Erongo Region Erongo is one of the 14 regions of Namibia. The capital is Swakopmund. It is named after Mount Erongo, a well-known landmark in Namibia and in this area. Erongo contains the municipalities of Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Henties Bay and Omaruru, as ...

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

. It had a population of 13,320 in 2011, an increase from 12,084 in 2001. Karibib constituency covers of land. The district capital is the town of

Karibib Karibib () is a town in the Erongo Region of western Namibia. It has 8,434 inhabitants. Karibib is the district capital of the Karibib Constituency, Karibib electoral constituency. It is situated on the Khan River, halfway between Windhoek and S ...

. Smaller settlements that belong to Karibib constituency are

Otjimbingwe Otjimbingwe (also: Otjimbingue) is a settlement in the Erongo Region of central Namibia. Otjimbingwe has approximately 8,000 inhabitants and belongs to the Karibib electoral constituency. Otjimbingwe was an important settlement in South West Afr ...

Usakos Usakos (, ) is a town on the banks of river Khan River, Khan, 140 kilometres north-east of Swakopmund in the Erongo Region of Namibia. It is located on the B2 road (Namibia), B2 (part of the Trans-Kalahari Corridor), the main road between the ...

, and Wilhelmstal. the constituency had 9,617 registered voters.

Politics

In the 2004 regional election,

South West Africa People's Organization The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO ; , SWAVO; , SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been ...

(SWAPO) candidate Ussiel Paulus Xoagub received 1,874 of the 4,072 votes cast and became councillor. In the 2010 regional elections, councillor Xoagub (SWAPO) was re-elected. He received 1,498 votes, defeating Zedekias Tsamaseb of the United Democratic Front (UDF, 1,313 votes) and Manfriedt Weskop of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 458 votes). The 2015 regional elections were won by Melania Ndjago of SWAPO with 1,902 votes. Tsamaseb of UDF came second with 1,212 votes while Christiaan Nguherimo of the RDP received 217 votes. Ndjago was narrowly reelected in the 2020 regional election, winning the constituency with 1,296 votes. UDF was again runner-up, its candidate Ernestus Axakhoeb received 1,172 votes. In third place was Rudolf Kahingunga from the

Independent Patriots for Change The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) is a political party in Namibia. It was founded by Panduleni Itula in August 2020. As an independent presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Itula won the best result of a losing candidate in a ...

(IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020). He obtained 529 votes.

References

Constituencies of Erongo Region States and territories established in 1992 1992 establishments in Namibia {{Namibia-gov-stub es:Distrito electoral de Karibib