Vest-Agder (Storting constituency)

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Vest-Agder
Constituency
for the Storting
Outline map
Location of Vest-Agder within Norway
Municipality
CountyAgder
Population198,591 (2025)[1]
Electorate144,910 (2025)
Area7,278 km2 (2025)[2]
Current constituency
Created1921
Seats
List
  • 5 (1953–present)
  • 4 (1921–1953)
Members of the Storting[3]
List
Created from

Vest-Agder (lit. transl.West Agder) 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 consists of the municipalities of Åseral, Farsund, Flekkefjord, Hægebostad, Kristiansand, Kvinesdal, Lindesnes, Lyngdal, Sirdal and Vennesla in the county of Agder. 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 144,910 registered electors.

Vest-Agder 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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