Tsumkwe Constituency is an electoral constituency

Constituencies of Namibia

Each of the 13 regions in Namibia are further subdivided into electoral constituencies. The number and size of each constituency varies with the size and population of each region. There are currently 107 constituencies in Namibia...

 in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

. It has 8,823 inhabitants and consists of the settlement of Tsumkwe

Tsumkwe

Tsumkwe is a settlement in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia and the district capital of the Tsumkwe electoral constituency.-Nature and wildlife:...

 and the surrounding rural area.

2004

In the 2004 presidential election, Tsumkwe helped vote Hifikepunye Pohamba

Hifikepunye Pohamba

Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba is the second and current President of Namibia. He won the 2004 and 2009 presidential elections overwhelmingly as the candidate of the South West Africa People's Organisation ruling party, taking office in March 2005. He has also been the President of SWAPO since...

 to power, receiving 2,372 of the 4,015 votes cast. However, Kuaima Riruako

Kuaima Riruako

Kuaima Riruako is a politician in Namibia. Riruako is also the paramount chief of the Herero and a National Unity Democratic Organisation representative in Parliament, also called "Okahandja Herero" by some...

 received over 21% of the constituency vote, well above his 4.23% nationally. In 2004, Moses Coma of SWAPO won the regional council by-election over NUDO, COD, and DTA candidates.
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
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|align=left valign=top|Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba

Hifikepunye Pohamba

Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba is the second and current President of Namibia. He won the 2004 and 2009 presidential elections overwhelmingly as the candidate of the South West Africa People's Organisation ruling party, taking office in March 2005. He has also been the President of SWAPO since...

 - Swapo party
|valign="top"|2,372
|valign="top"|59.07
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|align=left valign=top|Kuaima Riruako

Kuaima Riruako

Kuaima Riruako is a politician in Namibia. Riruako is also the paramount chief of the Herero and a National Unity Democratic Organisation representative in Parliament, also called "Okahandja Herero" by some...

 - National Unity Democratic Organization
|valign="top"|846
|valign="top"|21.07
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|align=left valign=top|Katuutire Kaura

Katuutire Kaura

Katuutire Kaura is a Namibian politician. He has been President of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance since 1998 and was Leader of the Official Opposition from 2000 to 2005.Kaura was born in Ombujondjupa, Otjozondjupa Region...

 - Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
|valign="top"|484
|valign="top"|12.05
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|align=left valign=top|Ben Ulenga

Ben Ulenga

Benjamin Ulenga is a Namibian politician. A member of the National Assembly of Namibia, he is the President of the Congress of Democrats , an opposition political party....

 - Congress of Democrats

Congress of Democrats

The Congress of Democrats is a political party in Namibia, led by Ben Ulenga. It is an opposition party represented in the National Assembly.The party is an observer of the Socialist International.- 2004 elections :...

|valign="top"|184
|valign="top"|4.58
|-
|align=left valign=top|Kosie Pretorius

Kosie Pretorius

Jacobus Willem Francois Pretorius, commonly known as Kosie Pretorius , is a Namibian politician. He is the Chairman of the Monitor Action Group party, which mainly represents conservative white Namibians, and was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia from 1990 to 2005.-Early life and...

 - Monitor Action Group

Monitor Action Group

The Monitor Action Group is a political party in Namibia. The party is based among conservative White Namibians, with most of the top leadership having served in the government of apartheid South West Africa...

|valign="top"|69
|valign="top"|1.71
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|align=left valign=top|Justus Garoëb

Justus Garoëb

Justus Garoëb is a Namibian traditional leader and politician. He became Chief of Damara in 1982 and founded the United Democratic Front in 1989. He was a staunch opponent of South African rule and led the oppositional Namibia National Front in the late 1970s.Garoëb was born in Omaruru, Erongo...

 - United Democratic Front

United Democratic Front (Namibia)

The United Democratic Front is a political party in Namibia. Justus Garoëb is the party's leader.-1989:The UDF received 37,874 votes in the 1989 election, which elected members to the Constituent Assembly of Namibia. The Constituent Assembly elected the first President and wrote Namibia's...

|valign="top"|44
|valign="top"|1.09
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|align=left valign=top|Henk Mudge

Henk Mudge

Henk Mudge is a Namibian former politician. He is the former President of the Republican Party and formerly the party's only member in the National Assembly. He was replaced in the National Assembly by Clara Gowases....

 - Republican Party
|valign="top"|16
|valign="top"|.03
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|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
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|align=left colspan=4|Source: Electoral Commission of Namibia
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