{{Short description | Electoral constituency in the Hardap region of central Namibia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} [[File:Wahlkreis Daweb (2014).svg|thumb|300px| Daweb constituency (red) in the Hardap Region]]
'''Daweb Constituency''' is an [[Constituencies of Namibia|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 [[Namibian general election, 2014|2014 general election]].<ref name=split>{{cite news |url=http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two |title=President divides Kavango into two |last=Nakale |first=Albertina |date=9 August 2013 |newspaper=[[New Era (Namibia)|New Era]] |publisher=via allafrica.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022020857/http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two |archive-date=22 October 2014}} [http://allafrica.com/stories/201308090372.html?viewall=1 Alt URL]</ref> Daweb constituency was formed from the western part of [[Gibeon Constituency]].<ref>{{Cite news | title=Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992 | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=5261 | pages=34f | publisher=[[Government of Namibia]] | date=9 August 2013 | url=https://www.parliament.na/index.php/archive/category/39-2013?download=1979:5261&start=140 | format=pdf | access-date=21 March 2021 | archive-date=27 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427123633/https://www.parliament.na/index.php/archive/category/39-2013?download=1979:5261&start=140 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
The administrative centre of Daweb Constituency is the village of [[Maltahöhe]]. It also contains a number of small settlements, among them [[Uibes]].<ref name=radio>{{cite news | title=Communities want improved radio network coverage | last=Shanyengana | first=Shoombe | date=7 August 2020 | newspaper=[[New Era (Namibia)|New Era]] | url=https://neweralive.na/posts/communities-want-improved-radio-network-coverage | archive-date=26 January 2022 | access-date=21 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126163231/https://neweralive.na/posts/communities-want-improved-radio-network-coverage | url-status=dead }}</ref> {{As of|2020}} the constituency had 3,297 registered voters.<ref name=election2020>{{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=21 March 2021 | archive-date=12 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612210020/https://elections.na/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Politics== In the [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2015|2015 regional elections]] Herculus Jantze of [[Swapo]] won the constituency with 853 votes, followed by the independent candidate Adam Johannes Baisako (199 votes), Paul Lucas Simon of the [[Democratic Party of Namibia]] (DPN, 108 votes) and Anna Lukas of the [[Democratic Turnhalle Alliance]] (DTA, 80 votes).<ref>{{Cite web | title=Regional Council Election Results 2015 | publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Namibia]] | date=3 December 2015 | page=4 | url=http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 | access-date=22 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208163948/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 | archive-date=8 December 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[2020 Namibian local and regional elections|2020 regional election]] was won by Nicodemus Jesajas Motinga of the [[Landless People's Movement (Namibia)|Landless People's Movement]] (LPM, a new party registered in 2018). He obtained 963 votes. The sitting councillor Jantze (SWAPO) came second with 628 votes.<ref name=GG7654>{{Cite news | title=Publication of results and particulars in respect of general elections for Regional Councils: Electoral Act, 2014 | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=7654 | page=5 | publisher=[[Government of Namibia]] | date=8 October 2021 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2021/7654.pdf | format=pdf}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Administrative divisions of Namibia]]
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