Aranos Constituency


Aranos Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Hardap Region of Namibia. It was created in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election. Aranos constituency was formed from the eastern part of Mariental Rural constituency. The administrative centre of Aranos Constituency is the town of Aranos. the constituency had 5,604 registered voters.

Politics

In the 2015 regional elections Jan Jarson of Swapo won the constituency with 1,278 votes, followed by Dawid Gaweseb of the Rally for Democracy and Progress and Rehabeam Katjijova of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance. The 2020 regional election was won by Salomon Henry Boois of the Landless People's Movement. He obtained 1,518 votes. The SWAPO candidate, Lukas Veldskoen, came second with 781 votes, followed by Elden Elvis Kuhanga of the Independent Patriots for Change who obtained 579 votes.