Ncuncuni Constituency

Ncuncuni (until 2013: Rundu Rural West) is a constituency in the Kavango West region of Namibia. It is located west of Rundu, one of Namibia's largest cities. It had a population of 38,281 in 2011, up from 26,623 in 2001.[1]

Ncuncuni constituency (orange, right) in the Kavango West region of Namibia

Politics

Prior to the 2010 local and regional election, the constituency was represented by Rosa Kavara of SWAPO, who took over for Herbert Shixwameni also of SWAPO. Shixwameni left his position as councilor for the constituency when he left SWAPO to form the All People's Party with his younger brother, Ignatius. The 2010 local and regional elections were contested by incumbent Kavara (SWAPO), Herbert Shixwameni of the APP and Moses Nyundu of the Rally for Democracy and Progress.[2] SWAPO's Kavara won re-election and was also elected to the National Council of Namibia as one of 7 women on the 24 person body.[3]

In 2013 the Kavango Region, to which this constituency belonged under the name Rundu Rural West, was split into Kavango East and Kavango West.[4] The constituency was renamed Ncuncuni; It belongs to Kavango West.

As in all Kavango West constituencies, SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Rosa Kavara received 1,159 votes, followed by Valerianus Ndango Haupindi of the All People's Party (APP, 380 votes).[5]

See also

References
  1. "Kavango 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ELECTIONS 2010: ‘APP will serve the people’ New Era, 16 November 2010 Archived 16 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Week in Review Windhoek Observer
  4. Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  5. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 7. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.


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