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]

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

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.