Mukwe Constituency

Location of Mukwe constituency in the Kavango Region

Mukwe is a constituency in the Kavango Region of Namibia. It has 26.000 inhabitants,^[1] the district centre is the settlement of Mukwe.

The constituency contains the settlements of Andara, Bagani, and Divundu.

There is a bilateral agreement with Angola to allow mutual near-border immigration without travel documents. This applies to a maximum distance of 30 km, it is not valid for tourists.^{[citation needed]}

Elections

2009

The day after the 2009 general election, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) called for a recount of Mukwe's ballots "after several political parties expressed their unhappiness over the counting process".^[2] There were 19 polling stations in the constituency. In the certified results, incumbent President and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba received 6,227 votes of the 8,542 accepted votes. The closest candidates to Pohamba were the APP's Ignatius Shixwameni (661 votes) and RDP's Hidipo Hamutenya received (343 votes).^[3]

2010

In the 2010 local and regional elections, SWAPO's Christian Muriki won a seat in the Kavango Regional Council with 3,774 votes over APP's Pankratius Kutenda with 783 votes. DTA's Petrus Dishara finished in third place with 414 votes and RDP's Justina Ngombara finished in last place 117 votes.^[4]

References

1. ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
2. ^ ECN orders a recount in Mukwe constituency AfricanElections.org, 29 November 2009
3. ^ Namibia Elections 2009 Results Mukwe Constituency In Kavango Region AfricanElections.org
4. ^ SWAPO wins Rundu Urban, Rundu Rural West, Rundu Rural East and Mukwe constituencies Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, 29 November 2010

Coordinates: 16°49′00″S 24°35′00″E / 16.8167°S 24.5833°E / -16.8167; 24.5833