Tsandi Constituency
{{short description|Electoral constituency in the Omusati region of northern Namibia}}
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Tsandi Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of Namibia. It had 15,618 registered voters {{As of|2020|alt=in 2020}}.{{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 October 2021}} Its district capital is the settlement of Tsandi. The constituency contains the village of Omugulugwombashe, the place where the first armed battle in the Namibian struggle for independence took place.
Tsandi Constituency covers an area of {{Convert|2,363|sqkm|abbr=on}}. It had a population of 28,018 in 2011, up from 11,204 in 2001.{{cite web | title=Chapter 2: Population Structure, Composition and Density | url=https://cms.my.na/assets/documents/p19dptss1qjep16pd1d0utqf1uq84.pdf | work=Omusati 2011 Census Regional Profile | publisher=Namibia Statistics Agency | access-date=29 January 2025 | page=4}}
Politics
Tsandi constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The 2004 regional election was won by SWAPO politician Leevi Shiimi Katoma. He received 8,731 of the 8,834 votes cast.{{Cite news | title=Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=3366 | page=6 | publisher=Government of Namibia | date=3 January 2005 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2005/3366.pdf | format=pdf}}
In the 2015 local and regional elections SWAPO candidate Junias Amunkete won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.{{Cite news | title=Opposition parties are mosquitoes, says Kawana | newspaper=The Namibian | date=26 October 2015 | url=http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=read&id=33243}} Councillor Amunkete (SWAPO) was reelected in the 2020 regional election. He obtained 7,186 voted, far ahead of independent candidate Saara Amutenya with 360 votes and Natangwe Neingo of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, with 313 votes.
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