Mariental Rural
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Mariental Rural is a constituency in the Hardap region of Namibia. Its constituency office is situated in Stampriet.[1] It had a population of 15,308 in 2011, up from 13,946 in 2001.[2]
The constituency originally covered an area of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] In August 2013, Mariental Rural lost the eastern part of its territory, which became a constituency of its own, namely Aranos Constituency.[3] since 2020[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the constituency had 4,065 registered voters.[4]
Politics
Mariental Rural is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election, SWAPO candidate Katrina Hanse received 2,411 of the 4,636 votes cast and became councillor.[5]
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.[6]
For the 2020 regional election "serious procedural errors" were discovered in Mariental Rural. No initial result were announced,[4] and the electoral court ordered a re-run.[7] 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.[8]
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External links
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