Judea Lyaboloma Constituency
Judea Lyaboloma Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Zambezi Region of Namibia. The administrative centre of Judea Lyaboloma is the settlement of Sangwali.[1] As of 2020, the constituency had 3,339 registered voters.[2]
The constituency was created in August 2013 from the western part of Linyanti Constituency,[3] following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election. It is named after Judea Lyaboloma, a former People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) guerrilla and Medal of Bravery recipient.[1]
Politics
The 2015 regional election was won by Beaven Bashole Munali of the SWAPO Party with 1,078 votes, followed by Oscar Zambo Munanzi of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 120 votes.[4] In the 2020 regional election an independent candidate won the constituency. Gwelu Humphrey Divai obtained 1,250 votes, ahead of Vincent Bafeze Sinalumbu, the SWAPO candidate, who got 722 votes.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. via allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "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. 23–24.
- ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 22. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
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