Mariental Urban

Mariental Urban is a constituency in the Hardap region of Namibia. It comprises the town of Mariental and the surrounding area, covering an area of 5,915 km² (2,284 sq mi). Mariental Urban had a population of 15,557 in 2011, up from 13,109 in 2001.^[1] As of 2020^[update] the constituency had 10,480 registered voters.^[2]

Mariental Urban constituency (red) in the Hardap Region (yellow)

Politics

Mariental is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election, SWAPO candidate Barakias Namwandi received 2,729 of the 4,037 votes cast and became councillor.^[3]

The 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 (RDP, 151 votes).^[4] The 2020 regional election was won by Petrus Esterhuizen of the 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.^[2]