The Landless People's Movement (LPM) is a political party in Namibia. It is led by former deputy Minister of lands and resettlement Bernadus Swartbooi, who serves as its President and chief change campaigner, and Henny Seibeb, the party's deputy leader. The party has four seats in parliament, which are occupied by the Party's President, Bernadus Swartbooi, Mootu Utaara, Isaacks Edison and Seibeb Henry.
History The Landless People's Movement was formed after Bernadus Swartbooi, deputy minister of land reform, who was fired by President Hage Geingob in December 2016 after refusing to apologise to Land Reform Minister Utoni Nujoma, whom he had accused of resettling people from other regions into the south of the country ahead of the Nama.
Policies Swartbooi has been a vocal advocate of land restitution and restorative justice for landless Namibians, including indigenous communities, who were dispossessed of their land. The party's youth wing is the LPM Youth and Student Command Element.
Electoral history
Presidential elections ElectionParty candidateVotes%Result2019Bernadus Swartbooi22,5422.70%Lost 202451,1604.65%Lost National Assembly elections
The party contested the 2024 Namibian general election and gained one seat in the Parliament of Namibia, in addition to its previous four seats, which the party had won in the 2019 Namibian general election. Its leader, Bernadus Swartbooi, was the party's presidential candidate and achieved the fourth strongest support nationally by receiving 4.65% of the national vote. ElectionParty leaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionResult2019Bernadus Swartbooi 38,9564.75%New 3rd202456,9715.21% 1 5th
Regional Councilors elections In the 2023 Keetmanshoop by-election, LPM candidate Petrus Labuschagne won by 1,270 votes to claim victory for Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency Regional Councilor.
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