Kalahari Constituency
Kalahari Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omaheke Region of eastern central Namibia. It had 5,294 registered voters.
The constituency covers an area of. It had a population of 7,611 in 2011, down from 9,443 in 2001. It contains the rural area east of Gobabis as well as Gobabis' Nossobville suburb. The constituency office has been inaugurated in 2009 and is located at the Ben-Hur settlement. Kalahari constituency forms part of the border between Namibia and Botswana and contains the border post Buitepos for which it previously had been named.
Politics
Presidential elections
In the Namibian [presidential election, 2004|2004 election], 4541 residents were registered voters; 4011 of registered voters cast valid ballots. Hifikepunye Pohamba of South [West Africa People's Organization|SWAPO Party] received 2312 total votes, followed by Katuutire Kaura of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, Henk Mudge of the Republican Party, Kuaima Riruako of the National Unity Democratic Organisation, Ben Ulenga of the Congress of Democrats, Justus ǁGaroëb of the United [Democratic Front |United Democratic Front] and Kosie Pretorius of the Monitor Action Group.Regional elections
In the 2004 regional elections Steve Mogotsi was elected councillor with 1,825 of the 2,989 votes cast. The constituency had previously elected a DTA member in 1992 and 1998.The 2015 regional election was again won by SWAPO. Ignatius Kariseb gained 1,522 votes, followed by Johannes Baumakwe with 630 votes. Councillor Kariseb was reelected in the 2020 regional election, winning with 1,234 votes. Baumakwe of the Popular Democratic Movement came second with 390 votes, followed by Maureen du Plessis with 322 votes and Lauretta Dax, an independent candidate, with 230 votes.