Gibeon Constituency

{{Short description | Electoral constituency in the Hardap region of central Namibia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} [[File:Wahlkreis Gibeon (2014).svg|thumb|300px| Gibeon constituency (red) in the Hardap Region]] {{Contains special characters|Khoekhoe}}

'''Gibeon Constituency''' is an [[Constituencies of Namibia|electoral constituency]] in the [[Hardap Region]] of [[Namibia]]. The administrative centre of the constituency is the village of [[Gibeon, Namibia|Gibeon]] ({{langx|naq|Khaxa-tsûs}}). It had a population of 12,122 in 2011, up from 11,541 in 2001.<ref name=regHardap>{{cite web | title=Chapter 2: Population Structure, Composition and Density | url=https://cms.my.na/assets/documents/p19dptss1r1r03g0a1f641hmn15ddh.pdf | work=2011 Population and Housing Census - Hardap Regional Profile | publisher=[[Namibia Statistics Agency]] | access-date=16 November 2024 | page=4}}</ref>

The constituency originally covered an area of {{Convert|50,365|sqkm|abbr=on}}.<ref name=regHardap/> In August 2013, Gibeon Constituency lost the western part of its territory, which became a constituency of its own, namely [[Daweb 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 | page=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> {{As of|2020}} the constituency had 3,951 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=https://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== Gibeon Constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the [[South West Africa People's Organization]] (SWAPO) party. In the [[2004 Namibian local and regional elections|2004 regional election]], SWAPO candidate Karl Kisting received 1,769 of the 3,145 votes cast and became councillor.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=3366 | page=15 | publisher=[[Government of Namibia]] | date=3 January 2005 | url=https://www.lac.org.na/laws/2005/3366.pdf | format=pdf}}</ref>

The [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2015|2015 regional elections]] were won by Jeremias van Neel of [[SWAPO]] with 1,255 votes. Niklaas Jacobus Dawson of the [[Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)|Rally for Democracy and Progress]] (RDP) came second with 206 votes, followed by Geoffrey Keramen of the [[Democratic Turnhalle Alliance]] (DTA) with 122 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 narrowly won by Paul Isaak of the [[Landless People's Movement (Namibia)|Landless People's Movement]] (LPM, a new party registered in 2018). He obtained 890 votes. The sitting councillor van Neel (SWAPO) came second with 769 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=https://www.lac.org.na/laws/2021/7654.pdf | format=pdf}}</ref>

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[[Category:Constituencies of Hardap Region]] [[Category:Constituencies established in 1992]] [[Category:1992 establishments in Namibia]]