Kabbe Constituency

Kabbe was a constituency in the Zambezi Region of Namibia. Most of the area is situated in the flood area of the Zambezi River. It contained the former German colonial residence of Schuckmannsburg, as well as several other villages. Its population in 2010 was 14,979.
Following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election, the constituency was split into Kabbe South and Kabbe North.

Politics

Kabbe is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Peter Mwala Mwala received 3,095 of the 3,144 votes cast. In the presidential election the same year, Kabbe voted overwhelmingly for Hifikepunye Pohamba of SWAPO. Pohamba won with 3764 votes, with Ben Ulenga of the Congress of Democrats receiving 82 of the constituency's votes.