Northwest (Althing constituency)

Northwest
Northwest
Norðvestur
Constituency; for the 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)
Electorate	21,541 (2021)
Area	31,477 km2 (2018)
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	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 one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established as Northwestern (Icelandic: Norðurland vestra) in 1959 following the nationwide extension of proportional representation for elections to the Althing. It was renamed Northwest in 2003 when the Western and Westfjords constituencies were merged into the Northwestern constituency following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland. Northwest consists of the regions of Northwestern, Western and Westfjords. The constituency currently elects seven of the 63 members of the Althing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 21,541 registered electors.

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