Mankumpi Constituency

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Mankumpi constituency (violet, bottom centre) in the Kavango West region of Namibia

Mankumpi Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Kavango West Region of Namibia. The administrative centre is the village of Satotwa. Mankumpi was created in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election.[1] It was formed from the south-eastern part of the former Kahenge Constituency.[2]

Politics[edit]

As in all Kavango West constituencies, SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Lukas Muha received 1,335 votes, followed by Frans Kandjembo Muremi of the All People's Party (APP, 66 votes).[3] For the 2020 regional election no opposition candidate was fielded,[4] and the sitting SWAPO councillor was duly re-elected.[5] Muha was subsequently elected to be one of the three councillors representing Kavango West in the National Council of Namibia, and the National Council elected him as its fifth chairperson.[6]

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References[edit]

  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. p. 38. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 7. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
  4. ^ Nakale, Albertina (21 October 2020). "Uncontested constituencies reduced to 4 from 26". New Era. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  6. ^ Iileka, Sakeus (16 December 2020). "MPs urged to finalise constituency fund bill". The Namibian. p. 3.