Vestfold (Storting constituency)

Vestfold
Vestfold
Constituency; for the Storting
	Location of Vestfold within Norway
Municipality	List Færder ; Holmestrand ; Horten ; Larvik ; Sandefjord ; Tønsberg ;
County	Vestfold
Population	248,348 (2021)
Electorate	182,961 (2021)
Area	2,168 km2 (2021)
Current constituency
Created	1921
Seats	List 6 (2005–present) ; 7 (1953–2005) ; 4 (1921–1953) ;
Members of the Storting	List Maria-Karine Aasen-Svensrud (Ap) ; Kathrine Kleveland (Sp) ; Erlend Larsen (H) ; Morten Stordalen (FrP) ; Truls Vasvik (Ap) ; Lene Westgaard-Halle (H) ; Grete Wold (SV) ;
Created from	List Brunla ; Jarlsberg ; Sandeherred ; Skoger ;

Vestfold is one of the 19 multi-member constituencies of the Storting, the national legislature of Norway. The constituency was established in 1921 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Storting. It consists of the municipalities of Færder, Holmestrand, Horten, Larvik, Sandefjord and Tønsberg in the county of Vestfold. The constituency currently elects six of the 169 members of the Storting using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 182,961 registered electors.

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