Musese Constituency
{{short description|Electoral constituency in the Kavango West region of northern Namibia}}
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Musese is a constituency in the Kavango West region of Namibia. The administrative capital is the settlement of Rupara. {{As of|2020}} the constituency had 6,494 registered voters.{{Cite web | title=Regional Council 2020 Election Results | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | date=18 January 2021 | series=Interactive map | url=http://elections.na/ | accessdate=30 May 2021 | archive-date=12 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612210020/https://elections.na/ | url-status=dead }}
In 2013 the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West.{{cite news | title=President divides Kavango into two | last=Nakale | first=Albertina | date=9 August 2013 | newspaper=New Era | publisher=allafrica.com | url=http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022020857/http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two | archivedate=22 October 2014 | access-date=16 August 2013 }} [http://allafrica.com/stories/201308090372.html?viewall=1 Alt URL via allafrica.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027122731/http://allafrica.com/stories/201308090372.html?viewall=1 |date=2014-10-27 }} Musese was formed from the north-eastern part of the former Kahenge Constituency.{{Cite news | title=Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992 | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=5261 | pages=37–38 | publisher=Government of Namibia | date=9 August 2013 | url=https://www.parliament.na/index.php/archive/category/39-2013?download=1979:5261&start=140 | format=pdf | access-date=30 May 2021 | archive-date=27 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427123633/https://www.parliament.na/index.php/archive/category/39-2013?download=1979:5261&start=140 | url-status=dead }}
Politics
As in all Kavango West constituencies, SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Sakeus Kudumo received 2,582 votes, followed by Raphael Kapumburu of the All People's Party (APP, 213 votes).{{Cite web | title=Regional Council Election Results 2015 | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | date=3 December 2015 | page=7 | url=http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208163948/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 December 2015}} The 2020 regional election was also won by the SWAPO candidate. Kosmas Katura gained 1,628 votes. Vilho Kangumbe of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) came distant second with 201 votes.
See also
References
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