Editing Khomas Region (section)

==Politics==
[[File:Wahlkreise in Khomas (2014).svg|thumb|360px|right|Khomas constituencies (2014)]]

Khomas is important electorally, as it is by far the most populous of the Namibian regions. {{As of|2020}}, it has 264,905 registered voters.<ref name=election2020>{{Cite web | title=Regional Council 2020 Election Results | publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Namibia]] | date=18 January 2021 | series=''Interactive map'' | url=http://elections.na/ | accessdate=26 April 2021 | archive-date=12 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612210020/https://elections.na/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The governor of Khomas Region is [[Laura McLeod-Katjirua]].<ref name=Governor>{{Cite news | title=President announces governors | newspaper=[[The Namibian]] | date=10 April 2015 | url=http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=25471 | access-date=14 April 2015 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20150414075438/http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=25471 | archive-date=14 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The region comprises ten [[Constituencies of Namibia|constituencies]]:<ref>[http://www.ecn.gov.na/Khomas.htm Khomas constituencies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828230455/http://www.ecn.gov.na/Khomas.htm |date=2009-08-28 }} at the Electoral Commission of Namibia</ref>
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* [[John Pandeni Constituency|John Pandeni]] (until 2008: ''Soweto'')<ref>{{cite news | title=Constituency named after John Pandeni | last=Maletzky | first=Christof | newspaper=[[The Namibian]] | date=27 August 2008 | url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200808270569.html | publisher=allafrica.com | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[Katutura Central]]
* [[Katutura East]]
* [[Khomasdal Constituency]] (until 2013: ''Khomasdal North Constituency'')<ref name=GG5261>{{Cite news | title=Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992 | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=5261 | page=31 | publisher=[[Government of Namibia]] | date=9 August 2013 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2013/5261.pdf | format=pdf | access-date=12 September 2023 | archive-date=27 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427123633/https://www.parliament.na/index.php/archive/category/39-2013?download=1979:5261&start=140 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Moses ǁGaroëb Constituency|Moses ǁGaroëb]] (created in 2003 from a split of [[Hakahana]] constituency)<ref name=GG2942>{{Cite news | title=Re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992 | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=2942 | pages=20–21 | publisher=[[Government of Namibia]] | date=28 March 2003 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2003/2942.pdf | format=pdf}}</ref>
* [[Samora Machel Constituency|Samora Machel]] (until 2003: ''Wanaheda'')<ref name=GG2942/>
* [[Tobias Hainyeko Constituency|Tobias Hainyeko]] (created in 2003 from a split of [[Hakahana]] constituency)<ref name=GG2942/>
* [[Windhoek West Constituency|Windhoek West]]
* [[Windhoek East]]
* [[Windhoek Rural]]
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===Regional elections===
Khomas region and the capital Windhoek was until 2020 dominated by the [[South West Africa People's Organization]] (SWAPO) party. In the [[2004 Namibian local and regional elections|2004 regional election]] for the [[National Assembly of Namibia]], SWAPO won all ten constituencies.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=3366 | page=14 | publisher=[[Government of Namibia]] | date=3 January 2005 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2005/3366.pdf}}</ref>

In the [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2015|2015 regional elections]], [[SWAPO]] obtained 81% of the total votes ([[2010 Namibian local and regional elections|2010]]: 78%)<ref name=election2020/> and again won in all ten constituencies.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Regional Council Election Results 2015 | publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Namibia]] | date=3 December 2015 | pages=9–10 | url=http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208163948/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/223442/Regional+Counils+Election+Results_Duly+elected+candidates+2015.pdf/32493774-80b3-4be3-9ca1-1f6ce187673a?version=1.0 | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 December 2015 }}</ref> In the [[2020 Namibian local and regional elections|2020 regional election]] SWAPO obtained 38% of the total votes. It was still the strongest party but lost [[Windhoek Rural]] to the [[Landless People's Movement (Namibia)|Landless People's Movement]] (LPM, a new party registered in 2018), [[Windhoek East]] to the [[Independent Patriots for Change]] (IPC, also a new party formed in August 2020), and [[Katutura Central]] to the [[Popular Democratic Movement]] (PDM).<ref name=election2020/>