Mashare Constituency

Location of Mashare constituency in the Kavango Region

Mashare is a constituency in the Kavango East region of Namibia. It has 15,829 inhabitants,[1] the district centre is the settlement of Mashare.

The constituency contains the settlements of Dwasa, Tceha, Kondja, Namagadi, and Rudjadja.[2]

There is a bilateral agreement with Angola to allow mutual near-border immigration without travel documents. This applies to a maximum distance of 30 km, it is not valid for tourists.

Politics

The 2015 regional elections were won by Swapo party candidate Mavara Fillipus Nkore with 2,707 votes. Paulus Sikongo of the All People's Party (APP) came second with 1,487 votes, and Nankema Shirongo of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) came third with 110 votes.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. ↑ "Presidential and National Assembly Elections 2009". Supplement to several Namibian newspapers (Electoral Commission of Namibia). November 2009.
  3. ↑ "Regional Council Election Results 2015" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 6.

Coordinates: 17°54′S 20°08′E / 17.900°S 20.133°E / -17.900; 20.133


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