Mariental Urban

{{Short description|Electoral constituency in Namibia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} [[File:Wahlkreis Mariental-Stadt (2014).svg|thumb|300px| Mariental Urban constituency (red) in the Hardap Region]]

'''Mariental Urban''' is a [[Constituencies of Namibia|constituency]] in the [[Hardap Region|Hardap]] region of [[Namibia]]. It comprises the town of [[Mariental, Namibia|Mariental]] and the surrounding area, covering an area of {{Convert|5,915|sqkm|abbr=on}}. Mariental Urban had a population of 15,557 in 2011, up from 13,109 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> {{As of|2020}} the constituency had 10,480 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=31 March 2021}}</ref>

==Politics== Mariental 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 Barakias Namwandi received 2,729 of the 4,037 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=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2005/3366.pdf | format=pdf}}</ref>

The [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2015|2015 regional elections]] were won by Nico Herman Mungenga of [[SWAPO]] with 2,251 votes. Regina Kuhlman of the [[Democratic Turnhalle Alliance]] (DTA) came second with 247 votes, followed by Reginald Poulton of the [[Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)|Rally for Democracy and Progress]] (RDP, 151 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 | 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 | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 December 2015 }}</ref> The [[2020 Namibian local and regional elections|2020 regional election]] was won by Petrus Esterhuizen of the [[Landless People's Movement (Namibia)|Landless People's Movement]] (LPM, a new party registered in 2018). He obtained 2,015 votes. Fransina Fredrika Basson (SWAPO) came second with 1,409 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=6 | publisher=[[Government of Namibia]] | date=8 October 2021 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2021/7654.pdf | format=pdf}}</ref>

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