Mariental Rural is a constituency in the Hardap region of Namibia . Its constituency office is situated in Stampriet . It had a population of 15,308 in 2011, up from 13,946 in 2001.
5-467: The constituency originally covered an area of 41,862 km (16,163 sq mi). In August 2013, Mariental Rural lost the eastern part of its territory, which became a constituency of its own, namely Aranos Constituency . As of 2020 the constituency had 4,065 registered voters. Mariental Rural is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In
10-579: Is an electoral constituency in the Hardap Region of Namibia . It was created in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia , and in preparation of the 2014 general election . Aranos constituency was formed from the eastern part of Mariental Rural constituency. The administrative centre of Aranos Constituency is the town of Aranos . As of 2020
15-580: The 2004 regional election , SWAPO candidate Katrina Hanse received 2,411 of the 4,636 votes cast and became councillor. The 2015 regional elections were won by Simon Christy Dukeleni of SWAPO with 1,207 votes. The runner-up and only challenger was Anna Elizabeth de Kock of the Rally for Democracy and Progress with 276 votes. For the 2020 regional election "serious procedural errors" were discovered in Mariental Rural. No initial result were announced, and
20-538: The constituency had 5,604 registered voters. In the 2015 regional elections Jan Jarson of Swapo won the constituency with 1,278 votes, followed by Dawid Gaweseb of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 613 votes) and Rehabeam Katjijova of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 384 votes). The 2020 regional election was won by Salomon Henry Boois of the Landless People's Movement (LPM,
25-481: The electoral court ordered a re-run. The re-run was conducted on 26 February 2021. As in all other constituencies of Hardap, the candidate of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018) won. Deensia Swartbooi obtained 1,099 votes. Simon Gerhardus Kooper of SWAPO came second with 854 votes. 24°38′00″S 17°58′00″E / 24.6333°S 17.9667°E / -24.6333; 17.9667 Aranos Constituency Aranos Constituency
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