Kabbe was a constituency in the

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. Most of the area is situated in the flood area of the

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. It contained the former

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residence of Schuckmannsburg (today Luhonono), as well as several other villages. Its population in 2010 was 14,979. Following a recommendation of the ''Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia'', and in preparation of the 2014 general election, the constituency was split into

Kabbe South Kabbe South is a constituency in Namibia's Zambezi Region. The administrative centre of the constituency is the settlement of Nakabolelwa, situated 79 kilometres south-east of the region's capital, Katima Mulilo. It has a population of 142,373 an ...

and

Kabbe North Kabbe North is a constituency in Namibia's Zambezi Region. The administrative centre of the constituency is the settlement of Kabbe, situated 53 kilometres south-east of the region's capital, Katima Mulilo. It has a population of 12,253 and cove ...

Politics

Kabbe is traditionally a stronghold of the

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(SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Peter Mwala Mwala received 3,095 of the 3,144 votes cast. In the presidential election the same year, Kabbe voted overwhelmingly for

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of SWAPO. Pohamba won with 3764 (96%) votes, with

Ben Ulenga Ben Ulenga (born Benjamin Crispus Ulenga on June 22, 1952Profi ...

of the

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receiving 82 (2%) of the constituency's votes.Election results for Kabbe Constituency
Electoral Commission of Namibia

References

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