Karibib Constituency

Karibib constituency (yellow) in the Erongo Region (dark grey)

Karibib constituency is a constituency in the Erongo Region of Namibia. It had a population of 11,784 in 2004.[1] The district capital is the town of Karibib.

Politics

In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Ussiel Poulus Xoagub narrowly won the constituency with 1,498 votes. He defeated challenger Zedekias Tsamaseb of the United Democratic Front (UDF, 1,313 votes) and Manfriedt Weskop of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 458 votes).[2]

The 2015 regional elections were won by Melania Ndjago of SWAPO with 1,902 votes. Tsamaseb of UDF came second with 1,212 votes while Christiaan Nguherimo of the RDP received 217 votes.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. ↑ Election results from Electoral Commission of Namibia
  3. ↑ "Regional elections 2015". The Namibian. Regional Elections supplement. 1 December 2015. p. D2.
  4. ↑ "Regional Council Election Results 2015" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 2.


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