Keetmanshoop Rural is an electoral constituency in the
ǁKaras 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 ...
. It contains the
Krönlein suburb of
Keetmanshoop and the villages of
Koës
Koës is a village in the ǁKaras Region of south-eastern Namibia. It is situated on the edge of the Kalahari desert and belongs to the Keetmanshoop Rural electoral constituency. The average annual rainfall is about 150-200 mm.
Economy and in ...
and
Aroab
Aroab is a village with a population of approximately 5,000 in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It is situated about south-east of Keetmanshoop on the edge of the Kalahari desert; the average annual rainfall is about 150–200 mm. ...
, the settlements of
Seeheim and
Klein Karas, as well as several farming communities in the area. The constituency office is situated in Aroab. It had a populations of 7,219 in 2011, up from 6,399 in 2001.
the constituency had 6,398 registered voters.
Politics
In the
2004 regional elections, Aroab schoolteacher
Willem Appollus of
SWAPO won the constituency. He was subsequently elected by the ǁKaras Regional council to represent the Region in the National Council.
[Willem Appollus]
''Namibian Institute for Democracy'' Apollus did not seek re-election in 2010. In the
2010 regional elections,
SWAPO's Jims Christiaan won the constituency with 736 votes. He defeated challengers was Simon Johannes Jantze of
Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 648 votes), Bartholomeus Rooi of
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 433 votes) and Joseph Isaaks of the
Congress of Democrats
The Congress of Democrats (CoD) is a Namibian opposition party without representation in the National Assembly and led by Ben Ulenga. It was established in 1999, prior to that year's general elections, and started off with a number of notabl ...
(CoD, 88 votes).
In the
2015 regional elections, Elias Kharuxab of SWAPO won the constituency with 1,288 votes. He defeated challengers Moses Timotheus Titus (DTA, 474 votes) and Willem Martin Stephanus (RDP, 269 votes).
The
2020 regional election was Gerrit Witbooi from the
Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018). He obtained 1,817 votes. Kharuxab, the sitting SWAPO councillor, came second with 919 votes.
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References
Constituencies of ǁKaras Region
Keetmanshoop
States and territories established in 1992
1992 establishments in Namibia
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