Vest-Agder | |
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Constituency for the Storting | |
Municipality | |
County | Agder |
Population | 190,025 (2021)[1] |
Electorate | 137,466 (2021) |
Area | 7,278 km2 (2021)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1921 |
Seats | List
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Members of the Storting[3] | |
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.