Walvis Bay Rural

[4] Walvis Bay Rural constituency includes a string of settlements by the ǂAonin (Southern Topnaar) community, a subtribe of the Nama people.

[5] Walvis Bay Rural is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.

In the 2004 regional election SWAPO politician Johannes Nangolo received 4,426 of the 5,300 votes cast and became councillor.

Runner-up and only challenger was Joan Valencia Izaaks of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) who received 801 votes.

[8][9] The 2020 regional election was won by Florian Tegako Donatus of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020).