Rundu Urban

Rundu Urban is an electoral constituency in the Kavango East region of Namibia. It covers the urban area of Rundu, the region's capital and one of Namibia's largest cities. The constituency also covers parts of the Sauyemwa, Safari, Tutungeni, Katutura, Donkerhoek and Kehemu neighborhoods.[1] It had a population of 20,953 in 2011, up from 19,173 in 2001.[2]

Rundu Urban constituency in the Kavango East region of Namibia

In 2013 the Kavango Region of which Rundu was the capital, was split into Kavango East and Kavango West.[3] Rundu became the capital of Kavango East, and Rundu Urban also belongs to this region.

Politics

1992 election

Ambrosius Haingura, a prominent internal SWAPO organizer prior to independence, was elected to represent Rundu Urban.[4]

2010 election

The 2010 local and regional elections were contested by incumbent Nimrod Muremi, an agriculturalist[1] (SWAPO), Sabine Kapango Dos Santos of All People's Party (APP), Vaino Sipete Matende of Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) and Thimotheus Kashindereki. SWAPO's Muremi won the constituency with 75% of all votes.[5]

2015 election

The 2015 regional elections were again a landslide win for Swapo. Victoria Mbawo Kauma received 7,738 votes while Ladislaus Poroto Shindimba of the APP received 1,202 votes. The election was also contested by candidates of RDP and the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA).[6]

See also

References
  1. ELECTIONS 2010: Rundu constituencies profile New Era, 9 November 2010
  2. "Kavango 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. Cde Ambrosius Haingura: A great campaigner for equality and freedom New Era, 19 November 2010
  5. Rundu Urban Constituency Electoral Commission of Namibia
  6. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 6. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.


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