Mariental Rural

Mariental Rural constituency (red) in the Hardap Region (yellow)

Mariental Rural is a constituency in the Hardap region of Namibia. Its constituency office is situated in Stampriet.[1] It had a population of 15,308 in 2011, up from 13,946 in 2001.[2]

The constituency originally covered an area of 41,862 km2 (16,163 sq mi).[2] In August 2013, Mariental Rural lost the eastern part of its territory, which became a constituency of its own, namely Aranos Constituency.[3] As of 2020 the constituency had 4,065 registered voters.[4]

Politics

Mariental Rural is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election, SWAPO candidate Katrina Hanse received 2,411 of the 4,636 votes cast and became councillor.[5]

The 2015 regional elections were won by Simon Christy Dukeleni of SWAPO with 1,207 votes. The runner-up and only challenger was Anna Elizabeth de Kock of the Rally for Democracy and Progress with 276 votes.[6]

For the 2020 regional election "serious procedural errors" were discovered in Mariental Rural. No initial result were announced,[4] and the electoral court ordered a re-run.[7] The re-run was conducted on 26 February 2021. As in all other constituencies of Hardap, the candidate of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018) won. Deensia Swartbooi obtained 1,099 votes. Simon Gerhardus Kooper of SWAPO came second with 854 votes.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Constituencies". Hardap Regional Council. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter 2: Population Structure, Composition and Density" (PDF). 2011 Population and Housing Census - Hardap Regional Profile. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 4. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ^ "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 13 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. ^ "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. 15.
  6. ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 4. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
  7. ^ Iikela, Sakeus (4 December 2020). "ECN files to nullify Aroab, Koës elections". The Namibian. p. 3.
  8. ^ "Final Results for the Rerun Elections for the Aroab, Koës, Stampriet Local Authorities and Mariental Rural Constituency" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

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