Northeast (Althing constituency)

Northeast
Northeast
Norðaustur
Constituency; for the Althing
	Location of Northeast within Iceland
Municipality	List Akureyri ; Dalvíkurbyggð ; Eyjafjarðarsveit ; Fjallabyggð ; Fjarðabyggð ; Fljótsdalshreppur ; Grýtubakkahreppur ; Hörgársveit ; Langanesbyggð ; Múlaþing ; Norðurþing ; Skútustaðahreppur ; Svalbarðshreppur ; Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur ; Tjörneshreppur ; Vopnafjörður ; Þingeyjarsveit ;
Region	Eastern; Northeastern
Population	42,192 (2022)
Electorate	29,847 (2021)
Area	38,392 km2 (2018)
Current Constituency
Created	1959
Seats	List 9 (2003–present) ; 5 (1995–2003) ; 6 (1959–1995) ;
Member of the Althing	List Berglind Ósk Guðmundsdóttir (D) ; Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir (V) ; Ingibjörg Ólöf Isaksen (B) ; Jakob Frímann Magnússon (F) ; Jódís Skúladóttir (V) ; Líneik Anna Sævarsdóttir (B) ; Logi Már Einarsson (S) ; Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson (D) ; Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (M) ; Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson (B) ;
Created from	List Akureyri ; Eyjafjarðarsýsla ; North Þingeyjarsýsla ; South Þingeyjarsýsla ; Eastern ;

Northeast (Icelandic: Norðaustur) is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established as Northeastern (Icelandic: Norðurland eystra) in 1959 following the nationwide extension of proportional representation for elections to the Althing. It was renamed Northeast in 2003 when most of the Eastern constituency was merged into the Northeastern constituency following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland. Northeast consists of the regions of Eastern and Northeastern. The constituency currently elects nine of the 63 members of the Althing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 29,847 registered electors.

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