Rehoboth Rural

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

'''Rehoboth Rural''' is an [[Constituencies of Namibia|electoral constituency]] in the [[Hardap Region|Hardap]] region of [[Namibia]]. It had a population of 7,288 in 2011, down from 7,524 in 2001. Rehoboth Rural covers an area of {{Convert|10,959|sqkm|abbr=on}}.<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 office is in [[Schlip]].<ref name=hardaprc>{{Cite web | title=Constituencies | publisher=Hardap Regional Council | url=https://hardaprc.gov.na/regional-councillors | accessdate=7 January 2024}}</ref> Other settlements in Rehoboth Rural are [[Klein Aub]], [[Khauxas]] and [[Rietoog]].<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}}</ref> {{As of|2020}}, the constituency had 4,701 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== Rehoboth Rural is traditionally a stronghold of the [[South West Africa People's Organization]] (SWAPO) party.

===Regional elections=== In the [[2004 Namibian local and regional elections|2004 regional election]], SWAPO candidate Trougott Claassen received 1,035 of the 2,217 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 Riaan Charles McNab of [[SWAPO]] with 1,113 votes. Petrus Johannes Mouton of the [[United People's Movement (Namibia)|United People's Movement]] (UPM) came second with 389 votes, followed by Norbet Ralph Ludwig (RDP, 202 votes) and Samuel Benjamin de Groot (DTA, 141 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 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=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 | archivedate=8 December 2015 }}</ref> The [[2020 Namibian local and regional elections|2020 regional election]] was narrowly won by Gershon Dausab of the [[Landless People's Movement (Namibia)|Landless People's Movement]] (LPM, a new party registered in 2018). He obtained 935 votes. The sitting councillor McNab (SWAPO) came second with 745 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>

===Presidential elections=== In the [[Namibian general election, 2009|2009 presidential elections]], 2,512 residents cast a ballot. [[Katuutire Kaura]] of the [[Democratic Turnhalle Alliance]] (DTA) won the constituency with 1,114 total votes (44.3%). Behind Kaura were [[Frans Migub ǀGoagoseb]] of the [[Namibian Democratic Movement for Change]] (674 votes or 26.8%) and [[Hidipo Hamutenya]] of the [[Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)|Rally for Democracy and Progress]] (RDP) placed 3rd with 332 votes (13.2%). Incumbent President, [[SWAPO]] candidate and winner of 75.1% of all votes nationally [[Hifikepunye Pohamba]] received only 19 votes for less than 1% of the total vote in the constituency; it was the only constituency in the country which gave Pohamba less than 900 votes.<ref>[http://www.electionwatch.org.na/results?q=presidential2009 2009 Presidential Election Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307055806/http://www.electionwatch.org.na/results?q=presidential2009 |date=7 March 2016}} Election Watch Namibia</ref>

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