Elim Constituency
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Elim Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of Namibia. It had 7,883 registered voters in 2020[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[1] Its district capital is the settlement of Elim.
Elim Constituency covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. It had a population of 11,406 in 2011, up from 10,850 in 2001.[2] It borders to the north and west to the constituencies Okalongo and Oshikuku and in the east to the Oshana Region. There are a number of villages in the constituency, some being: Onashiku, Iiyale, Iino, Olupumbu, Iiyanguti, Olupembana, Ondangwa, Onegali, Onamega.
The constituency contains the homestead of Iipumpu Ya Tshilongo, king of the Uukwambi from 1907 to 1932. The homestead in Onashiku was proclaimed a national monument in 2014,[3] and de-proclaimed a few months later.[4]
Politics
Elim constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Gerhard Shiimi. He received 4,124 of the 4,266 votes cast.[5]
In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Shiimi won uncontested and remained councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[6] Councillor Shiimi (SWAPO) was reelected in the 2020 regional election. He obtained 2,775 votes, far ahead of Kilian Amupolo, an independent candidate with 511 votes.[1]
2024 general election
Presidential
National Assembly
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