Northwest (Althing constituency)

Northwest
Northwest
Norðvestur
Constituency; Althing
	Location of Northwest within Iceland
Municipality	List Akrahreppur ; Akranes ; Árneshreppur ; Blönduóssbær ; Bolungarvík ; Borgarbyggð ; Dalabyggð ; Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur ; Grundarfjörður ; Helgafellssveit ; Húnaþing vestra ; Húnavatnshreppur ; Hvalfjarðarsveit ; Ísafjarðarbær ; Kaldrananeshreppur ; Reykhólahreppur ; Skagabyggð ; Skorradalshreppur ; Snæfellsbær ; Strandabyggð ; Stykkishólmur ; Súðavíkurhreppur ; Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður ; Sveitarfélagið Skagaströnd ; Tálknafjarðarhreppur ; Vesturbyggð ;
Region	List Northwestern ; Western ; Westfjords ;
Population	31,629 (2022)[1]
Electoral College	21,541 (2021)
Area	31,477 km2 (2018)[2]
Current Constituency
Created	1959
Seats	List 7 (2013–present) ; 8 (2007–2013) ; 9 (2003–2007) ; 4 (1987–2003) ; 5 (1959–1987) ;
Member of the Althing[3]	List Bergþór Ólasonn (M) ; Bjarni Jónsson (V) ; Eyjólfur Ármannsson (F) ; Halla Signý Kristjánsdóttir (B) ; Haraldur Benediktsson (D) ; Lilja Rannveig Sigurgeirsdóttir (B) ; Stefán Vagn Stefánsson (B) ; Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir (D) ;
Created from	List East Húnavatnssýsla ; Siglufjörður ; Skagafjarðarsýsla ; West Húnavatnssýsla ; Western ; Westfjords ;

Northwest (Icelandic: Norðvestur) is a constituency of Iceland. It was created in 1959.

Election results

Party			Votes	%	Seats
Party			Votes	%	Con.	Com.	Tot.
	Progressive Party	B	4,448	25.78%	3	0	3
	Independence Party	D	3,897	22.59%	2	0	2
	Left-Green Movement	V	1,978	11.47%	1	0	1
	People's Party	F	1,510	8.75%	1	0	1
	Centre Party	M	1,278	7.41%	0	1	1
	Social Democratic Alliance	S	1,195	6.93%	0	0	0
	Pirate Party	P	1,081	6.27%	0	0	0
	Reform Party	C	1,063	6.16%	0	0	0
	Icelandic Socialist Party	J	728	4.22%	0	0	0
	Liberal Democratic Party	O	73	0.42%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			17,251	100.00%	7	1	8
Blank Votes			382	2.16%
Rejected Votes – Other			35	0.20%
Total Polled			17,668	82.02%
Registered Electors			21,541

"MAN02001: Population by municipalities, sex and age 1 January 1998-2022". Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
"Sveitarfélagasjá". Akranes, Iceland: Landmælingar Íslands. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
"Alþingismenn - Þingmenn og embætti" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

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