Global InformationTobias Hainyeko constituency information
Tobias Hainyeko constituency (informally also Eastern Hakahana, after the area it covers) is an electoral constituency in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It had a population of 45,912 in 2011, up from 34,348 in 2001.[1] As of 2020[update] it had 36,530 registered voters.[2]
The constituency was created in 2003 at the recommendation of the Third Delimitation Commission which suggested that the constituency of Hakahana be split.[3] Since then, the suburb of Hakahana falls into two different constituencies.[4] The constituency is named after the guerrilla war hero Tobias Hainyeko. The western part of Hakahana falls under Moses ǁGaroëb constituency, after politician Moses ǁGaroëb.[5]
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- ^ "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ Matundu-Tjiparuro, Mae (28 February 2011). "Khomas Region, a constitutional, political and geographical hybrid". Focus on: Khomas Region. supplement to New Era. p. 3.
- ^ "Re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 2942. Government of Namibia. 28 March 2003. pp. 20–21.
- ^ Maletzky, Christof (27 August 2008). "Constituency named after John Pandeni". The Namibian.