Editing Tsumeb (section)

==Politics==
Tsumeb used to be the regional capital of Oshikoto until 2008, when [[Omuthiya]] was proclaimed a town and the new capital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200809250375.html|title=Namibia: Govt Won't Let Tsumeb Die – Mayor|first=Irene|last=!hoaës|date=25 September 2008|access-date=18 April 2018|via=AllAfrica}}</ref> The area around Tsumeb forms its own [[Tsumeb Constituency|electoral constituency]] that has a population of 44,113.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yna.html|title=Namibia Constituencies|website=www.statoids.com|access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>

The city of Tsumeb is governed by a municipal council that has seven seats.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Know Your Local Authority | publisher=Institute for Public Policy Research | newspaper=Election Watch | year = 2015 | issue=3 | page=4}}</ref> [[Nico Kaiyamo]] is one of the well-known and established local politicians.

In the [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2010|2010 local authority election]], a total of 3,120 votes were cast in the city. [[SWAPO]] won with approximately 75% of the vote. Of the four other parties seeking seats, [[Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)|Rally for Democracy and Progress]] (RDP) received approximately 15% of the vote, followed by [[United Democratic Front (Namibia)|United Democratic Front]] (UDF, 5%), [[All People's Party (Namibia)|All People's Party]] (APP, 2%), and the [[Democratic Turnhalle Alliance]] (DTA, 2%) Despite being on the ballot, the [[Congress of Democrats]] (CoD) did not receive a vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecn.na/results/2010/Press_Release_Local_Authority_-_Tsumeb.pdf|title=Local Authority Election Results for Tsumeb|website=ecn.na|access-date=18 April 2018|archive-date=16 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316164504/http://www.ecn.na/results/2010/Press_Release_Local_Authority_-_Tsumeb.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2015|2015 local authority election]] was again won by SWAPO which gained six seats and 3,149 votes. The remaining seat went to the DTA which gained 291 votes.<ref>{{cite web | title=Local elections results | publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Namibia]] | page=6 | url=http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/218731/LA+results+%28press+release%29+2015.pdf/870a030b-8547-487f-ad18-b22713b16d4c?version=1.0 | date=28 November 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210194328/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/218731/LA+results+%28press+release%29+2015.pdf/870a030b-8547-487f-ad18-b22713b16d4c?version=1.0 | archive-date=10 December 2015 }}</ref>

The [[2020 Namibian local and regional elections|2020 local authority election]] was also won by SWAPO which obtained 2,518 votes and gained four seats. The [[Independent Patriots for Change]] (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, obtained 1,472 votes and gained two seats. The remaining seat went to the [[Popular Democratic Movement]] (PDM, the new name of the DTA) with 199 votes.<ref>{{cite web | title=2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats | page=15 | date=29 November 2020 | publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Namibia]] | url=https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Media-Release-on-LA-Results_2020.pdf | access-date=25 January 2021 | archive-date=24 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124162938/https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Media-Release-on-LA-Results_2020.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>