{{Short description|Electoral constituency in Namibia's Zambezi Region}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} thumb|300px| Sibbinda constituency (red) in the Zambezi Region
'''Sibbinda Constituency''' is a constituency in Namibia's Zambezi Region, with its administrative centre located in the settlement of Sibbinda. As of 2023, it has a population of 17,126 residents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zambezi (Region, Namibia) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/namibia/admin/01__zambezi/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=citypopulation.de}}</ref>
Sibbinda Constituency is situated alongside the Trans-Caprivi Highway. borders three other Zambezi constituencies: Linyanti in the southwest, Katima Mulilo Rural in the east, and Kongola in the north. It further borders Botswana in the far southeast. The settlement Chinchimane belongs to this constituency. The constituency covers an area of 1,699 km², resulting in a population density of 6.0 people per km².<ref name=rc>{{Cite web | title=Sibbinda Constituency | url=https://zambezirc.gov.na/sibbinda | publisher=Government of Namibia | access-date= 30 January 2026}}</ref>
==Politics== In the 2004 regional election, SWAPO candidate Felix Mukupi received 1,683 of the 2,856 votes cast and became councillor. He was re-elected in 2010.<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=11 | publisher=Government of Namibia | date=3 January 2005 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2005/3366.pdf | format=pdf}}</ref> In 2012, Ignatius Chunga (SWAPO) became constituency councillor after winning a by-election scheduled following Mukupi's death in a car accident.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/swapo-wins-sibbinda/ |title=Swapo wins Sibbinda |last=Poolman |first=Jan |date=17 September 2012 |newspaper=The Namibian}}</ref> Chunga was re-elected in 2015 with 1,924 votes, followed by Luseso Parry Malumbano of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 322 votes and Lister Limbo Sabuta of RDP with 314 votes.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Regional Council Election Results 2015 | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | date=3 December 2015 | page=23 | 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>
In the 2020 regional election, which had 6,248 voters registered in Sibbinda, Micky Mumbali Lukaezi of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020) won. He received 1,693 votes. The sitting councillor, SWAPO's Ignatius Chunga, came second with 1,160 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=23 | 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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