Kabbe South constituency (red) in the Zambezi Region (yellow)

Kabbe South is the easternmost of the eight electoral constituencies of Zambezi Region of Namibia. The administrative centre of Kabbe South is the settlement of Nakabolelwa. As of 2020, the constituency had 3,751 registered voters.[1]

Kabbe South was created in August 2013 from the eastern part of Kabbe Constituency,[2] following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election.[3]

Politics

The 2015 regional election was won by Musialela John Likando of the SWAPO Party with 1,189 votes, followed by Bernard Kamwi Shamwazi of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 46 votes.[4] Likando was reelected in the 2020 regional election, again winning by over 90% of the public vote.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 5261. Government of Namibia. 9 August 2013. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. via allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 22. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.


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