Sibbinda Constituency

Sibbinda Constituency is an electoral district of Namibia that is located in the Zambezi Region. Its centre is Sibinda which is a settlement 63 kilometres out of Katima Mulilo. The constituency has a population of 11,112 people.^[1] In the 2020 Regional Council Elections, there were 6,248 registered voters.^[2]

Politics[edit]

Sibbinda constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Felix Mukupi received 1,683 of the 2,856 votes cast and became councillor.^[3] He was reelected in 2010.

In 2012, Ignatius Chunga (SWAPO) became constituency councillor after winning a by-election that was scheduled after the Mukupi died in a car accident.^[4] Chunga was reelected in the 2015 regional election with 1,924 votes, followed by Luseso Parry Malumbano of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 322 votes and Lister Limbo Sabuta of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 314 votes.^[5]

The 2020 regional election was won by Micky Mumbali Lukaezi from the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020). He received 1,693 votes. The sitting councillor, SWAPO's Ignatius Chunga, came second with 1,160 votes.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Sibbinda (Constituency, Namibia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
^ ^a ^b "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
^ "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3366. Government of Namibia. 3 January 2005. p. 11.
^ Poolman, Jan (17 September 2012). "Swapo wins Sibbinda". The Namibian.
^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 23. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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[1] "Sibbinda (Constituency, Namibia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-11-10.

[election2020-2] "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

[3] "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3366. Government of Namibia. 3 January 2005. p. 11.

[4] Poolman, Jan (17 September 2012). "Swapo wins Sibbinda". The Namibian.

[5] "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 23. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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