Windhoek West Constituency

This article is about the electoral constituency. For the Windhoek suburb, see Windhoek West.
Windhoek West Constituency (yellow) in the Khomas Region (dark grey)

Windhoek West Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. It contains the affluent suburbs of Hochland Park, Pioneers Park, Academia, Cimbebasia, Rocky Crest, Windhoek North and Windhoek West.[1]

Windhoek West has 42,201 inhabitants (2010). Its residents have a high life expectancy, and a high rate of school attendance, and access to electricity and safe water.[2]

Politics

The first councillor of this constituency was Henk Mudge of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA). In 2002 Sophia Shaningwa of the SWAPO Party won the seat and served for a six-year term. In 2010 Shikwetepo Haindongo (SWAPO) took over as councillor of Windhoek West.[3] When Haindongo died in August 2014 a by-election was held in November which was won overwhelmingly by Georg Trepper of SWAPO.[4]

Trepper was reelected in the 2015 regional election with 3,781 of the 5,477 votes, followed by Sophia Panizza (DTA, 1,175 votes) and Maureen Dunn of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 521 votes.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Victorious Shaningwa Calls for Unity". The Namibian. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 31 October 2009. (subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ Kapitako, Alvine (12 November 2010). "ELECTIONS 2010: Khomas Region profile". New Era. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012.
  3. ↑ Matundu-Tjiparuro, Mae (28 February 2011). "Khomas Region, a constitutional, political and geographical hybrid". Focus on: Khomas Region. supplement to New Era. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Swapo wins Windhoek West by-election". The Namibian. 15 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Regional Council Election Results 2015" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 10.

Coordinates: 22°35′18.59″S 17°3′46.07″E / 22.5884972°S 17.0627972°E / -22.5884972; 17.0627972


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