South (Althing constituency)

South
South
Suður
Constituency; for the Althing
	Location of South within Iceland
Municipality	List Árborg ; Ásahreppur ; Bláskógabyggð ; Flóahreppur ; Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur ; Grindavíkurbær ; Hornafjörður ; Hrunamannahreppur ; Hveragerði ; Mýrdalshreppur ; Ölfus ; Rangárþing eystra ; Rangárþing ytra ; Reykjanesbær ; Skaftárhreppur ; Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur ; Suðurnesjabær ; Vestmannaeyjar ; Vogar ;
Region	Southern; Southern Peninsula
Population	61,545 (2022)
Electorate	38,424 (2021)
Area	31,797 km2 (2018)
Current Constituency
Created	1959
Seats	List 9 (2003–present) ; 5 (1987–2003) ; 6 (1959–1987) ;
Member of the Althing	List Ásmundur Friðriksson (D) ; Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir (F) ; Birgir Þórarinsson (D) ; Guðbrandur Einarsson (C) ; Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir (D) ; Hafdís Hrönn Hafsteinsdóttir (B) ; Jóhann Friðrik Friðriksson (B) ; Oddný G. Harðardóttir (S) ; Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (B) ; Vilhjálmur Árnason (D) ;
Created from	List Árnessýsla ; Rangárvallasýsla ; Vestmannaeyjar ; West Skaftafellssýsla ; Eastern ; Reykjanes ;

South (Icelandic: Suður) is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established as Southern (Icelandic: Suðurland) in 1959 following the nationwide extension of proportional representation for elections to the Althing. It was renamed South in 2003 when parts of Eastern and Reykjanes constituencies were merged into the Southern constituency following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland. South consists of the Southern and Southern Peninsula regions. 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 38,424 registered electors.

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