Vest-Agder (Storting constituency)

Vest-Agder
Constituency
for the Storting
Outline map
Location of Vest-Agder within Norway
Municipality
CountyAgder
Population190,025 (2021)[1]
Electorate137,466 (2021)
Area7,278 km2 (2021)[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 2021 parliamentary election it had 137,466 registered electors.

  1. ^ "01222: Population and changes during the quarter (M) 1997K4 - 2021K1". Oslo, Norway: Statistics Norway. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M) 2007 - 2021". Oslo, Norway: Statistics Norway. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Current Members of Parliament". Oslo, Norway: Storting. Retrieved 3 June 2022.