Telemark (Storting constituency)

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Population177,769 (2025)[1]
Electorate133,948 (2025)
Area15,298 km2 (2025)[2]
Telemark
Constituency
for the Storting
Outline map
Location of Telemark within Norway
CountyTelemark
Population177,769 (2025)[1]
Electorate133,948 (2025)
Area15,298 km2 (2025)[2]
Current constituency
Created1921
Seats
List
  • 5 (2005–present)
  • 6 (1953–2005)
  • 5 (1921–1953)
Members of the Storting[3]
List
Created from

Telemark is one of the 19 multi-member constituencies of the Storting, the national legislature of Norway. The constituency was established in 1921 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Storting. It is conterminous with the county of Telemark. The constituency currently elects five of the 169 members of the Storting using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2025 parliamentary election it had 133,948 registered electors.

Telemark currently elects five of the 169 members of the Storting using the open[a] party-list proportional representation electoral system.[7][8] Constituency seats are allocated by the County Electoral Committee using the Modified Sainte-Laguë method.[9][10] Compensatory seats (seats at large or levelling seats) are calculated based on the national vote and are allocated by the National Electoral Committee using the Modified Sainte-Laguë method at the constituency level (one for each constituency).[9] Only parties that reach the 4% national threshold compete for compensatory seats.[11][12]

Election results

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