Gobabis Residents' Association

Political party in Namibia

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The Gobabis Residents' Association (GRA) is a local political party in Gobabis, Namibia.

In the 1998 municipal elections GRA won 3 out of 7 seats in the Gobabis council. After the elections, GRA teamed up with SWAPO to rule the municipality, while observers would have expected that their main ally be the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, an opposition party. Rosemarie Swart of GRA became deputy mayor and Priscilla Christiaans became the council's vice-chairperson. Both Swart and Christiaans, as well as GRA member Petrus van Zyl became members of the management committee.

In the May 2004 municipal elections, GRA received 1,031 votes (19.7%) and won only one seat, which went to Louis van der Merwe. The party did not contest the 2015 local authority election. Since gaining 681 votes in the 2020 local authority election the GRA has again one seat in the city council.

References

Cowen, Michael P; Laakso, Liisa (2002). Multi-party Elections in Africa. James Currey Publishers. p. 204. ISBN 9780852558430.
Hoveka, Utaara (14 June 2004). "Gobabis Residents Sack Main Candidate". New Era. Via allafrica.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
"Local elections results". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 28 November 2015. p. 5. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
"2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 29 November 2020. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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Parliament	SWAPO (63) Popular Democratic Movement (16) Landless People's Movement (4) National Unity Democratic Organisation (2) All People's Party (2) United Democratic Front (2) Republican Party (2) Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (2) Rally for Democracy and Progress (1) Christian Democratic Voice (1) SWANU (1)
Unrepresented	Congress of Democrats Independent Patriots for Change National Democratic Party National Empowerment Fighting Corruption Workers Revolutionary Party National Patriotic Front
Local parties	Gobabis Residents' Association, 1 seat in Gobabis Karibib Ratepayers Association, 1 seat in Karibib Monitor Action Group, 1 seat in Outjo Okahandja Rate Payers Association, 1 seat in Okahandja Omaruru Community Development Association, 1 seat in Omaruru Rehoboth Independent Town Management Association, 1 seat in Rehoboth United People's Movement, 1 seat in Rehoboth Rundu Concerned Citizens Association, 1 seat in Rundu Rundu Urban Community Association, 1 seat in Rundu Swakopmund Residents Association, 2 seats in Swakopmund Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association, 1 seat in Walvis Bay Affirmative Repositioning, 2 seats in Windhoek
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