Editing Khomasdal Constituency (section)

==Politics==
Khomasdal is traditionally a stronghold of the [[South West Africa People's Organization]] (SWAPO) party. The first councillor of this constituency was SWAPO's Karel Persendt. In 1998, [[Margaret Mensah-Williams]], also on a SWAPO ticket, took over from him. She was subsequently selected to represent [[Khomas Region]] in the [[National Council (Namibia)|National Council]], and in 1999 she became its vice-chairperson (deputy speaker), the first woman to be elected to a major decision-making position in Namibia.<ref name=Kae/> Mensah-Williams was re-elected in [[2004 Namibian local and regional elections|2004]]<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 | format=pdf}}</ref> and [[2010 Namibian local and regional elections|2010]]. She also won the [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2015|2015 regional elections]] with 4,121 votes. Sylvester Kazapua of the [[Democratic Turnhalle Alliance]] (DTA) came second with 723 votes. Uzikama Kandjii of the [[National Unity Democratic Organisation]] (NUDO, 384 votes) and Bartholomeus Kauahuma of the [[South West Africa National Union]] (SWANU, 170 votes) also contested this election.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Regional Council Election Results 2015 | publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Namibia]] | date=3 December 2015 | page=9 | 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> 

After councillor Mensah-Williams was fielded as a parliamentary candidate in the [[2019 Namibian general election]], a [[by-election]] became necessary for Khomasdal because Namibian electoral law prohibits sitting councillors and members of the public service to run for a seat in parliament.<ref>{{Cite news | title=By-elections set for January | newspaper=[[The Namibian]] | date=18 October 2019 | url=https://www.namibian.com.na/194400/archive-read/By-elections-set-for-January}}</ref> The by-election was conducted on 15 January 2020. Samuel Angolo (SWAPO) won with 1,227 votes, followed by Mara Baumgartner ([[Landless People's Movement (Namibia)|Landless People's Movement]] (LPM), 349 votes), Raymond Diergaardt ([[Popular Democratic Movement]] (PDM), 326 votes) and Bartholomeus Kauahuma (SWANU, 202 votes).<ref name=ECNBY2020/> Councillor Angolo of SWAPO was re-elected in the [[2020 Namibian local and regional elections|2020 regional election]] receiving 2,337 votes. Frans Wilbard of the [[Independent Patriots for Change]] (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, came second with 1,503 votes. This election was also contested by the LPM (candidate Christiaan Tseitseimou, 1,285 votes), the PDM (Nadine Pienaar, 881 votes), and the NUDO (Sylvester Kazapua, 679 votes).<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=2 June 2021 | archive-date=12 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612210020/https://elections.na/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>