Aranos Constituency

Aranos constituency (red) in the Hardap Region (yellow)

Aranos Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Hardap Region of Namibia. It was created in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election.[1] Aranos constituency was formed from the eastern part of Mariental Rural constituency.[2] The administrative centre of Aranos Constituency is the town of Aranos. As of 2020 the constituency had 5,604 registered voters.[3]

Politics

In the 2015 regional elections Jan Jarson of Swapo won the constituency with 1,278 votes, followed by Dawid Gaweseb of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 613 votes) and Rehabeam Katjijova of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 384 votes).[4] The 2020 regional election was won by Salomon Henry Boois of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018). He obtained 1,518 votes. The SWAPO candidate, Lukas Veldskoen, came second with 781 votes, followed by Elden Elvis Kuhanga of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020) who obtained 579 votes.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. via allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Alt URL
  2. ^ "Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 5261. Government of Namibia. 9 August 2013. pp. 1–39. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  3. ^ 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 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 4. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.


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