Berseba Constituency

Berseba is a constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. The main settlement is Berseba. The first diamonds in Namibia were found in this area in 1898, while oil was found in 1929.[1] Berseba constituency contains the Brukkaros crater and the settlements of Snyfontein,[2] Helmeringhausen, Tses, Bethanie, and Goageb. It had a population of 10,589 in 2011, up from 9,064 in 2001.[3]

Berseba constituency (yellow) in the ǁKaras Region (dark grey)

Politics

In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Dawid Boois won the constituency with 1,225 votes. He defeated challengers Aron Lucas Stephanus of RDP (558 votes), Regina Kuhlman of DTA (397 votes), Hendrik Christiaan Humphries of the DP (296 votes) and Bernardt Barry Stephanus of COD (126 votes).[4]

Boois remains councillor of this constituency after he won again the 2015 regional elections with 1,774 votes. Diederik Isaak Vries of the DTA obtained 901 votes, and Trougot Metusalag Kaffer of the RDP obtained 148 votes.[5]

References
  1. Dierks, Klaus. "First Occurrences in the History of Namibia". Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  2. Cloete, Luqman (17 May 2017). "Snyfontein residents strive for self-sufficiency". The Namibian. p. 7.
  3. "Karas 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. Election results from Electoral Commission of Namibia Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 1. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.


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