Nehale lyaMpingana Constituency

This article is about the Namibian constituency. For the National hero of Namibia, see Nehale lya Mpingana.

Nehale lyaMpingana Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, named after Nehale lya Mpingana, one of Namibia's National Heroes. It was created in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election. The constituency office of Nehale lyaMpingana is in Omboto, 120 Kilometers east of Omuthiya in an extremely remote area. As of 2020 the constituency had 5,879 registered voters.[1]

The constituency borders the constituencies of Guinas, Omuthiyagwiipundi Constituency, Eengodi, and Okankolo.[2]

Politics

Nehale lyaMpingana constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.

In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[3] The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Josef Shilongo received 2,245 votes, well ahead of Vilho Mwapopi of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 189 votes.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. ^ Shikongo, Josephina; Sitali, Noreen (24 January 2014). "Nehale LyaMpingana constituency boundaries settled". New Era. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014.
  3. ^ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Publication of results and particulars in respect of general elections for Regional Councils: Electoral Act, 2014" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 7654. Government of Namibia. 8 October 2021. p. 19.


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