28 November 2015

Swapo reclaims opposition-ruled councils in //Karas

CHALLENGERS ... Some of the //Karas Region DTA candidates for the Local Authority and Regional Council Elections. Swapo won most of the seats in the region. Photo: Nampa
THE Swapo Party has reclaimed almost all opposition-dominated local authority councils in the //Karas Region, while it has retained all seven regional constituencies in the regional and local authorities elections on Friday.
Provisional results indicate that Swapo has regained control of //Karas local authority councils that include Keetmanshoop, Karasburg, Bethanie, Koës and Berseba.
Opposition parties only retained control of the Aroab Village Council.
According to the provisional results, Swapo regional council candidates won in the constituencies of Keetmanshoop Rural, Keetmanshoop Urban, Karasburg East, Berseba, and Oranjemund, while a Swapo candidate was also elected in the new Karasburg West constituency.
The party's candidate for the !Nami≠Nûs constituency, Jan Scholtz, won the regional council election in that constituency, which includes Lüderitz, unopposed.
A visibly delighted //Karas Swapo coordinator, Mathew Mumbala, said he expected victory across the region.
"I am a happy,” said Mumbala, thanking the regional and national leadership and party members, supporters and sympathisers for their hard work in ensuring that the party came out victorious in the elections.

The provisional results are as follows:

LOCAL AUTHORITY

Keetmanshoop Town Council
DTA 538 ( 1 seat)
DPN – 52
RDP – 186 (1 seat)
RP - 141
Swapo Party - 2 337 ( 5 seats)
WRP – 35

Karasburg Town Council
DTA 204 (2 seats)
Swapo – 586 (5 seats)
RDP – 45
RP 36
DPN 22

Aroab Village Council
Swapo – 264 (2 seats)
RDP – 89 (1 seat)
DTA – 216 (2 seats)

Berseba Village Council
DTA – 200 ( 2 seats)
RDP – 45 (no seats)
Swapo 266 (3 seats)

Bethanie Village Council
DTA 188 (2)
RDP – 47 (0)
Swapo – 278 (3 seats)

Koës Village Council
DTA – 105 (1 seat)
RDP – 57 (1 seat)
Swapo – 336 (3 seats)

Tses Village Council
DTA – 156 (2 seats)
Swapo – 260 (3)

REGIONAL ELECTION

Berseba
Dawid Boois (Swapo) – 1 774
Metusalag Trougot Kaffer (RDP) – 148
Diederick Isaak Vries (DTA) – 901

Karasburg East
Dennis Benjamin Coetzee (Swapo) – 1 602
Albertus Laurentius Jossoph (DTA) – 504

Karasburg West
Paulus Amukoshi Ephraim (Swapo)566
Charles Leon Peter (DTA)222
Elias Tulonga Shipani (RDP)97

Keetmanshoop Rural
Elias Kharuxab (Swapo) – 1 288
Willem Martin Stephanus (RDP) – 269
Moses Timotheus Titus (DTA) – 474

Keetmanshoop Urban
Fredrika Kulhmann (DTA) – 551
Hilma Ndinelago (Swapo) – 2 291
Peter John Visser (RDP) – 378

Article: Luqman Cloete 

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