Keetmanshoop Urban
Keetmanshoop Urban is a constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. it had 11,534 registered voters. It comprises the city of Keetmanshoop, except the Krönlein suburb. It had a population of 19,447 in 2011, up from 15,777 in 2001.Politics
In the 2015 regional elections Hilma Nicanor of SWAPO, was reelected with 2,291 votes. She has been councillor of Keetmanshoop Urban since 2004 and defeated challengers Fredrik Kuhlmann of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance and Peter John Visser of the Rally for Democracy and Progress. After councillor Nicanor was fielded as a parliamentary candidate in the 2019 Namibian general election, a by-election became necessary for Keetmannshoop Urban because Namibian electoral law prohibits sitting councillors and members of the public service to run for a seat in parliament. The by-election was conducted on 15 January 2020. Maxie Minnaar of the Landless People's Movement won with 1,958 votes, followed by Festus Shilimela and Abraham ǀGoagoseb.
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