Guinas Constituency
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Guinas Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 8,435 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 4,210 registered voters in 2020[update].[2] Guinas consists of the rural area surrounding the mining town of Tsumeb. Larger settlements in the Guinas constituency are Oshivelo and Tsintsabis.
The constituency is named after Lake Guinas.
Politics
[edit]Guinas constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
Regional elections
[edit]In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Isack Gomachab received 2,030 of the 3,094 votes cast.[3] In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[4]
The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election by a landslide. Elias Marthinu received 1,268 votes, well ahead of the only opposition candidate Pinehas Heita of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), a party formed in August 2020, with 95 votes.[2]
National elections
[edit]In the Namibian general election, 2009, Hifikepunye Pohamba received approximately 77% of the votes in Guinas. Hidipo Hamutenya finished in second place with approximately 10% of the vote.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
- ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3366. Government of Namibia. 3 January 2005. p. 9.
- ^ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.
- ^ Guinas Constituency Swapoparty.org results
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