ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency (Luderitz Constituency)
ǃNamiǂNûs (until 2013 Lüderitz), is an electoral constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. It contains the major town of Lüderitz, after which the constituency was originally named. In 2011, it had a population of 13,859, down from 14,542 in 2001. the constituency had 9,670 registered voters.
In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Jan Albertus Scholtz won the constituency with 3,526 votes. His only challenger was Phyllicia Maree’ Hercules of the Rally for Democracy and Progress, who received 559 votes. In the 2015 regional elections Swapo won the constituency without any contesting opposition candidate.
The 2020 regional election saw six candidates competing for the councillor position and was only narrowly won by SWAPO. Its candidate Hambelela Ndjaleka obtained 1,654 votes, ahead of Tshinana Petrus Tshiqwetha of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, who obtained 1,438 votes. Fritz Dausab of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018) came third with 567 votes, independent candidates Reginald Paul Hercules and Michaeleno Kadhikwa got 322 and 121 votes respectively, and Gideon Kondjeni Kalenga of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) obtained 228.
In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Jan Albertus Scholtz won the constituency with 3,526 votes. His only challenger was Phyllicia Maree’ Hercules of the Rally for Democracy and Progress, who received 559 votes. In the 2015 regional elections Swapo won the constituency without any contesting opposition candidate.
The 2020 regional election saw six candidates competing for the councillor position and was only narrowly won by SWAPO. Its candidate Hambelela Ndjaleka obtained 1,654 votes, ahead of Tshinana Petrus Tshiqwetha of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, who obtained 1,438 votes. Fritz Dausab of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018) came third with 567 votes, independent candidates Reginald Paul Hercules and Michaeleno Kadhikwa got 322 and 121 votes respectively, and Gideon Kondjeni Kalenga of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) obtained 228.
Map - ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency (Luderitz Constituency)
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Country - Namibia
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The driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the San, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since then, the Bantu groups, the largest being the Ovambo, have dominated the population of the country; since the late 19th century, they have constituted a majority. Today Namibia is one of the least densely populated countries in the world.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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NAD | Namibian dollar | $ | 2 |
ZAR | South African rand | Rs | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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AF | Afrikaans language |
EN | English language |
DE | German language |
HZ | Herero language |