Elections to the Storting – parliamentary elections
When you vote in a parliamentary election, you are helping to decide which 169 representatives will sit in Norway’s legislative, appropriating, and supervisory assembly for the next four years.
The Storting's main duties are making the laws we live by in Norway, deciding how the government will get its money and how that money will be distributed in society, and supervising the government. You can read more about what the Storting is and does on its website.
The right to vote in parliamentary elections
The right to vote in parliamentary elections is based on universal suffrage, which means that the right to vote is not restricted on the basis of gender, religion, ethnicity, property ownership, or other distinctions. Nevertheless, you do have to meet certain criteria to be eligible to vote in parliamentary elections. You must:
- be a Norwegian citizen;
- be at least 18 by the end of the election year; and
- be, or once have been, registered in the Population Register as resident in Norway.
It is also possible to lose your right to vote pursuant to section 53 of the Constitution of Norway.
Composition of the Storting
The Storting consists of 169 representatives from 19 constituencies. Of these, 150 hold directly-elected constituency seats and 19 hold seats at large. The constituencies in Norway match the county boundaries as they were before the regional reform.
The distribution of seats between the constituencies is recalculated every eight years based on the 19 constituencies' population and area.
The following distribution applies from and including the parliamentary election in 2021:
Constituency |
Inhabitants 1.1.2020 |
Area 1.1.2020 (km2) |
Distribution of seats 2012-2020 |
Distribution of seats 2020-2028
|
Østfold |
299 447 |
4 004 |
9 |
9 |
Akershus |
675 240 |
5 669 |
17 |
19 (+2) |
Oslo |
693 494 |
454 |
19 |
20 (+1) |
Hedmark |
197 920 |
27 398 |
7 |
7 |
Oppland |
173 465 |
24 675 |
7 |
6 (-1) |
Buskerud |
266 478 |
14 920 |
9 |
8 (-1) |
Vestfold |
246 041 |
2 168 |
7 |
7 |
Telemark |
173 355 |
15 298 |
6 |
6 |
Aust-Agder |
118 273 |
9 155 |
4 |
4 |
Vest-Agder |
188 958 |
7 278 |
6 |
6 |
Rogaland |
479 892 |
9 377 |
14 |
14 |
Hordaland |
528 127 |
15 438 |
16 |
16 |
Sogn og Fjordane |
108 404 |
18 433 |
4 |
4 |
Møre og Romsdal |
265 238 |
14 356 |
9 |
8 (-1) |
Sør-Trøndelag |
334 514 |
20 257 |
10 |
10 |
Nord-Trøndelag |
134 188 |
21 944 |
5 |
5 |
Nordland |
241 235 |
38 155 |
9 |
9 |
Troms Romsa |
167 839 |
26 198 |
6 |
6 |
Finnmark Finnmárku |
75 472 |
48 631 |
5 |
5 |