Gibeon Constituency is an

electoral constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provid ...

in the

Hardap Region Hardap is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Mariental. Hardap contains the municipality of Mariental, the towns Rehoboth and Aranos, and the self-governed villages Gibeon, Gochas, Kalkrand, Stampriet and Maltahöhe. I ...

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 ...

. The administrative centre of the constituency is the village of Gibeon (). It had a population of 12,122 in 2011, up from 11,541 in 2001. The constituency originally covered an area of . In August 2013, Gibeon Constituency lost the western part of its territory, which became a constituency of its own, namely Daweb Constituency. the constituency had 3,951 registered voters.

Politics

Gibeon Constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the

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) party. In the 2004 regional election, SWAPO candidate Karl Kisting received 1,769 of the 3,145 votes cast and became councillor. The 2015 regional elections were won by Jeremias van Neel of

SWAPO 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 ...

with 1,255 votes. Niklaas Jacobus Dawson of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) came second with 206 votes, followed by Geoffrey Keramen of the

Democratic Turnhalle Alliance The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic Front ...

(DTA) with 122 votes. The 2020 regional election was narrowly won by Paul Isaak of the

Landless People's Movement The Landless People's Movement is an independent social movement in South Africa. It consisted of rural people and people living in shack settlements in cities. The Landless People's Movement boycotted parliamentary elections and had a history ...

(LPM, a new party registered in 2018). He obtained 890 votes. The sitting councillor van Neel (SWAPO) came second with 769 votes.

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* {{Coord, 17.7667, S, 25.1333, E, source:wikidata, display=title Constituencies of Hardap Region States and territories established in 1992 1992 establishments in Namibia