Arandis Constituency

Arandis is a constituency in the Erongo Region of central-eastern Namibia. It had a population is 10,093 in 2011, up from 7,590 in 2001.[1] It includes the towns of Arandis and Henties Bay. Asser Kuveri Kapere, Chairman of the National Council of Namibia beginning in December 2004, has represented the constituency from its establishment in 1992 until 2015.[2]

Arandis Constituency (yellow) in the Erongo Region (dark grey)

Politics

In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Asser Kuveri Kapere won the constituency with 1,486 votes. His only challenger was Elijah ǀGawaseb of the United Democratic Front (UDF), who received 1,183 votes.[3]

The 2015 regional elections were won by Benitha Imbamba of SWAPO with 1,518 votes. ǀGawaseb of UDF came second with 1,071 votes while the independent Andreas Prins received 212 votes.[4][5]

References
  1. "Erongo 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. Asser Kapere Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Namibia Institute for Democracy
  3. Election results from Electoral Commission of Namibia Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Regional elections 2015". The Namibian. Regional Elections supplement. 1 December 2015. p. D2.
  5. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.


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