Sibbinda Constituency

Sibbinda Constituency, also: Sibinda Constituency, is an electoral constituency in the Zambezi Region of Namibia. It is situated in the Caprivi Strip and is regularly affected by floods of the Zambezi River. The district capital is the village of Sibbinda. The constituency's population was 9,164 in 2006.[1] As of 2020, the constituency had 6,248 registered voters.[2]

Sibbinda constituency (red) in the Zambezi Region (yellow)

Politics

In 2012, Ignatius Chunga of SWAPO Party became constituency councillor after winning a by-election that was scheduled after the previous councillor Felix Mukupe died in a car accident.[3] Chunga was reelected in the 2015 regional election with 1,924 votes, followed by Luseso Parry Malumbano of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 322 votes and Lister Limbo Sabuta of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 314 votes.[4]

The 2020 regional election was won by Micky Mumbali Lukaezi from the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020). He received 1,693 votes. The sitting councillor, SWAPO's Ignatius Chunga, came second with 1,160 votes.[2]

References
  1. Dentlinger, Lindsay (3 March 2006). "Sibinda flood victims evacuated". The Namibian.
  2. "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. Poolman, Jan (17 September 2012). "Swapo wins Sibbinda". The Namibian.
  4. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 23. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.


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