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

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