Guinas Constituency
Guinas Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It has 8,435 inhabitants[1] and consists of the rural area surrounding the mining town of Tsumeb. Larger settlements in the Guinas constituency are Oshivelo and Tsintsabis.
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The constituency is named after Lake Guinas.
Politics
Guinas constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
In the Namibian general election, 2009, Hifikepunye Pohamba received approximately 77% of the votes in Guinas. Hidipo Hamutenya finished in second place with approximately 10% of the vote.[2] In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[3]
References
- Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
- Guinas Constituency Swapoparty.org results
- Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.