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Sibbinda Constituency

Electoral constituency in Namibia's Zambezi Region

Sibbinda Constituency
Summary

Electoral constituency in Namibia's Zambezi Region

Sibbinda constituency (red) in the Zambezi Region

Sibbinda Constituency is a constituency in Namibia's Zambezi Region, with its administrative centre located in the settlement of Sibbinda. As of 2023, it has a population of 17,126 residents.

Sibbinda Constituency is situated alongside the Trans-Caprivi Highway. borders three other Zambezi constituencies: Linyanti in the southwest, Katima Mulilo Rural in the east, and Kongola in the north. It further borders Botswana in the far southeast. The settlement Chinchimane belongs to this constituency. The constituency covers an area of 1,699 km², resulting in a population density of 6.0 people per km².

Politics

In the 2004 regional election, SWAPO candidate Felix Mukupi received 1,683 of the 2,856 votes cast and became councillor. He was re-elected in 2010. In 2012, Ignatius Chunga (SWAPO) became constituency councillor after winning a by-election scheduled following Mukupi's death in a car accident.{{cite news

In the 2020 regional election, which had 6,248 voters registered in Sibbinda, Micky Mumbali Lukaezi of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020) won. He received 1,693 votes. The sitting councillor, SWAPO's Ignatius Chunga, came second with 1,160 votes.

References

References

  1. "Zambezi (Region, Namibia) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  2. "Sibbinda Constituency". [[Government of Namibia]].
  3. (3 January 2005). "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils". [[Government of Namibia]].
  4. (3 December 2015). "Regional Council Election Results 2015". [[Electoral Commission of Namibia]].
  5. (8 October 2021). "Publication of results and particulars in respect of general elections for Regional Councils: Electoral Act, 2014". [[Government of Namibia]].
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