Tsumkwe Constituency



Tsumkwe Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It had 8,823 inhabitants in 2004 and 7,075 registered voters. About 2,400 San people live in this constituency. The constituency consists of the settlement of Tsumkwe and the surrounding rural area.

Following a recommendation of the Second Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 1998 general election, Tsumkwe Constituency was created in 1998 from the eastern part of Grootfontein Constituency.

Tsumkwe is referred to as a capital city of San people. It is a small town with about 500 inhabitants, located about 60 km west of the Botswana border and 300 km east of Grootfontein.

Regional elections
Tsumkwe is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election, SWAPO candidate Moses Coma received 1,920 of the 3,227 votes cast and became councillor.

The 2015 regional election was won by SWAPO's Fransina Ghauzz with 1,554 votes, followed by Ioma Gcao (NUDO) with 720 votes and Samuel R. Maharero (DTA) with 340 votes. The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Johannes Hausiku received 1,249 votes, Samson Ngombe (NUDO) came second with 981 votes.

Presidential elections
In the 2004 presidential election, Tsumkwe helped vote Hifikepunye Pohamba (SWAPO) to power who received 2,372 of the 4,015 votes cast. However, Kuaima Riruako of NUDO received over 21% of the constituency vote, well above his 4.23% nationally.

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Candidates - Parties !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
 * align=left valign=top|Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba - Swapo party
 * valign="top"|2,372
 * valign="top"|59.07
 * align=left valign=top|Kuaima Riruako - National Unity Democratic Organization
 * valign="top"|846
 * valign="top"|21.07
 * align=left valign=top|Katuutire Kaura - Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
 * valign="top"|484
 * valign="top"|12.05
 * align=left valign=top|Ben Ulenga - Congress of Democrats
 * valign="top"|184
 * valign="top"|4.58
 * align=left valign=top|Kosie Pretorius - Monitor Action Group
 * valign="top"|69
 * valign="top"|1.71
 * align=left valign=top|Justus ǁGaroëb - United Democratic Front
 * valign="top"|44
 * valign="top"|1.09
 * align=left valign=top|Henk Mudge - Republican Party
 * valign="top"|16
 * valign="top"|.03
 * align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 90.47%)
 * width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|4015
 * width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0
 * align=left colspan=4|Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia
 * }
 * valign="top"|16
 * valign="top"|.03
 * align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 90.47%)
 * width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|4015
 * width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0
 * align=left colspan=4|Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia
 * }
 * align=left colspan=4|Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia
 * }