Windhoek East

Windhoek East is a constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. It consists of the upper-class suburbs of Windhoek: Auasblick, Avis, Klein Windhoek, Ludwigsdorf, Luxury Hill, Olympia, and Suiderhof. It had a population of 22,712 in 2011, up from 17,674 in 2001.[1]

Windhoek East constituency (yellow) in the Khomas Region (dark grey)

Windhoek East is the most affluent constituency of Windhoek, most embassies, private schools, private medical facilities, and shopping malls are located here, and the education rate of the inhabitants is high. All its roads are tarred. There is a concerning crime rate but the offenders come from other constituencies.[2]

Politics

Nic Kruger, a member of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), won the constituency in the 2010 local and regional elections.[3]

The 2015 regional election were won by SWAPO whose Ruusa Namuhuja gained 1,795 votes. Jens Schneider of the RDP came second with 1,169 votes, followed by Raymond Reginald Diergaardt of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 743 votes.[4]

References
  1. "Khomas 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. Kapitako, Alvine (12 November 2010). "ELECTIONS 2010: Khomas Region profile". New Era.
  3. What Went Wrong In Windhoek East? The Namibian, 3 December 2010
  4. "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 10.


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