Vest-Agder () 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 Åseral, Farsund, Flekkefjord, Hægebostad, Kristiansand, Kvinesdal, Lindesnes, Lyngdal, Sirdal, and Vennesla in the county of Agder. The constituency currently elects five of the 169 members of the Storting using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2025 parliamentary election it had 144,910 registered electors.
Electoral system Vest-Agder currently elects five of the 169 members of the Storting using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. Constituency seats are allocated by the County Electoral Committee using the Modified Sainte-Laguë method. Compensatory seats (seats at large or levelling seats) are calculated based on the national vote and are allocated by the National Electoral Committee using the Modified Sainte-Laguë method at the constituency level (one for each constituency). Only parties that reach the 4% national threshold compete for compensatory seats.
Election results Summary Election CommunistsK RedsR / RV / FMS Socialist LeftSV / SF LabourAp GreensMDG CentreSp / Bp / L LiberalsV ChristianDemocratsKrF ConservativesH ProgressFrP / ALP colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats2025 50 0.04% 0 4,636 4.01% 0 4,482 3.88% 0 26,372 22.83% 1 4,040 3.50% 0 4,663 4.04% 0 3,581 3.10% 0 15,003 12.99% 1 15,609 13.51% 1 31,950 27.65% 22021 3,355 3.19% 0 5,615 5.34% 0 21,845 20.78% 1 3,330 3.17% 0 10,859 10.33% 1 3,834 3.65% 0 14,598 13.88% 1 22,359 21.26% 1 13,821 13.14% 12017 1,376 1.36% 0 4,333 4.29% 0 21,238 21.04% 1 2,911 2.88% 0 6,542 6.48% 0 3,654 3.62% 0 12,747 12.63% 1 28,146 27.88% 2 17,284 17.12% 12013 41 0.04% 0 460 0.47% 0 2,568 2.63% 0 23,227 23.79% 1 2,196 2.25% 0 2,962 3.03% 0 4,205 4.31% 0 13,536 13.86% 1 26,818 27.47% 2 17,863 18.29% 12009 34 0.04% 0 427 0.46% 0 3,647 3.95% 0 24,450 26.47% 1 322 0.35% 0 3,296 3.57% 0 2,876 3.11% 0 14,337 15.52% 1 16,214 17.55% 1 25,296 27.38% 22005 46 0.05% 0 317 0.35% 0 5,884 6.52% 0 21,590 23.93% 1 214 0.24% 0 3,812 4.23% 0 4,891 5.42% 0 17,057 18.91% 1 13,266 14.70% 1 21,609 23.95% 22001 41 0.05% 0 329 0.38% 0 8,924 10.44% 0 14,303 16.73% 1 196 0.23% 0 3,097 3.62% 0 3,001 3.51% 0 22,372 26.17% 2 19,813 23.18% 2 9,173 10.73% 01997 46 0.05% 0 622 0.72% 0 3,014 3.47% 0 22,769 26.20% 1 197 0.23% 0 6,020 6.93% 0 3,481 4.01% 0 22,826 26.26% 2 11,813 13.59% 1 15,347 17.66% 11993 254 0.31% 0 3,923 4.79% 0 22,785 27.82% 2 126 0.15% 0 13,411 16.38% 1 2,853 3.48% 0 15,920 19.44% 1 13,164 16.07% 1 5,553 6.78% 01989 287 0.32% 0 4,824 5.46% 0 20,953 23.72% 2 469 0.53% 0 3,774 4.27% 0 3,692 4.18% 0 17,186 19.45% 1 19,814 22.43% 1 15,685 17.76% 11985 59 0.07% 0 173 0.20% 0 2,165 2.55% 0 26,314 30.98% 2 6,837 8.05% 0 2,522 2.97% 0 15,183 17.88% 1 26,480 31.18% 2 3,279 3.86% 01981 98 0.12% 0 220 0.27% 0 1,908 2.37% 0 21,551 26.74% 2 6,664 8.27% 0 3,016 3.74% 0 15,388 19.10% 1 27,699 34.37% 2 3,121 3.87% 01977 100 0.14% 0 158 0.22% 0 1,568 2.15% 0 21,846 29.93% 2 9,722 13.32% 1 18,165 24.88% 1 19,334 26.48% 1 1,940 2.66% 01973 111 0.17% 0 4,699 7.02% 0 16,289 24.33% 2 7,595 11.34% 1 3,119 4.66% 0 14,628 21.85% 1 9,956 14.87% 1 4,933 7.37% 01969 282 0.44% 0 1,637 2.53% 0 21,337 33.01% 2 7,666 11.86% 0 13,590 21.02% 1 10,043 15.54% 1 10,087 15.60% 1 1965 2,643 4.32% 0 19,413 31.71% 2 6,005 9.81% 0 15,045 24.58% 1 7,794 12.73% 1 10,313 16.85% 1 1961 741 1.39% 0 18,569 34.75% 2 18,770 35.12% 2 7,684 14.38% 1 7,676 14.36% 0 1957 665 1.26% 0 18,092 34.22% 2 6,948 13.14% 1 13,908 26.31% 1 6,569 12.43% 0 6,680 12.64% 1 1953 891 1.72% 0 17,539 33.85% 2 6,430 12.41% 0 12,814 24.73% 1 6,494 12.53% 1 7,643 14.75% 1 1949 456 1.37% 0 9,488 28.43% 1 9,600 28.77% 2 4,245 12.72% 0 9,472 28.39% 1 1945 8,467 30.23% 1 5,390 19.25% 1 10,410 37.17% 2 3,737 13.34% 0 1936 6,188 21.13% 1 6,530 22.29% 1 11,089 37.86% 1 5,007 17.09% 1 1933 4,435 18.07% 1 6,760 27.55% 1 8,676 35.35% 1 4,669 19.03% 1 1930 3,248 13.34% 0 6,754 27.74% 1 10,055 41.30% 2 4,288 17.61% 1 1927 3,506 20.66% 1 5,115 30.13% 1 5,616 33.09% 2 2,736 16.12% 0 1924 1,711 10.55% 0 4,393 27.08% 1 6,504 40.09% 2 3,617 22.29% 1 1921 1,622 9.36% 0 4,895 28.24% 1 6,822 39.36% 2 3,628 20.93% 1 (Excludes compensatory seats. Figures in italics represent joint lists.)
Detailed 2020s 2025 Results of the 2025 parliamentary election held on 8 September 2025:
Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsÅseral Farsund Flekke-fjord Hæge-bostad Kristian-sand Kvines-dal Lindes-nes Lyngdal Sirdal Venne-sla Progress Party FrP 128 2,099 1,930 347 16,686 1,228 4,304 2,075 328 2,825 31,950 27.65% 2 0 2 Labour Party Ap 107 1,232 1,068 106 17,402 741 2,775 885 182 1,874 26,372 22.83% 1 0 1 Conservative Party H 30 650 694 72 10,630 291 1,702 654 115 771 15,609 13.51% 1 0 1 Christian Democratic Party KrF 86 610 582 279 8,446 445 1,451 1,293 146 1,665 15,003 12.99% 1 0 1 Centre Party Sp 132 333 293 155 1,532 285 885 395 169 484 4,663 4.04% 0 0 0 Red Party R 13 195 193 27 3,067 128 524 166 45 278 4,636 4.01% 0 0 0 Socialist Left Party SV 11 191 154 9 3,220 74 472 93 16 242 4,482 3.88% 0 1 1 Green Party MDG 3 111 104 9 3,101 83 381 92 23 133 4,040 3.50% 0 0 0 Liberal Party V 4 142 102 8 2,487 37 527 102 29 143 3,581 3.10% 0 0 0 Conservative K 11 85 43 41 743 66 186 125 18 207 1,525 1.32% 0 0 0 Pensioners' Party PP 1 33 19 2 597 17 92 23 5 88 877 0.76% 0 0 0 Norway Democrats ND 5 44 37 5 331 35 70 56 11 93 687 0.59% 0 0 0 Generation Party GP 3 37 29 6 351 31 108 30 5 54 654 0.57% 0 0 0 Industry and Business Party INP 4 37 33 7 255 39 113 55 6 42 591 0.51% 0 0 0 Center Party PS 2 5 5 4 200 3 14 9 4 24 270 0.23% 0 0 0 Peace and Justice FOR 1 17 17 0 158 5 29 5 1 17 250 0.22% 0 0 0 Welfare and Innovation Party VIP 1 5 3 0 86 7 30 4 0 10 146 0.13% 0 0 0 DNI Party DNI 6 4 3 1 80 4 26 5 1 15 145 0.13% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Norway K 0 1 0 0 39 1 4 0 0 5 50 0.04% 0 0 0Valid votes 548 5,831 5,309 1,078 69,411 3,520 13,693 6,067 1,104 8,970 115,531 100.00% 5 1 6Blank votes 3 39 32 5 539 19 99 34 5 84 859 0.74% Rejected votes – other 0 17 14 0 109 7 42 11 3 3 206 0.18% Total polled 551 5,887 5,355 1,083 70,059 3,546 13,834 6,112 1,112 9,057 116,596 80.46% Registered electors 659 7,321 6,705 1,296 86,697 4,451 17,505 7,549 1,351 11,376 144,910 Turnout 83.61% 80.41% 79.87% 83.56% 80.81% 79.67% 79.03% 80.96% 82.31% 79.61% 80.46%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats - Alf Erik Andersen (FrP); Amalie Gunnufsen (H); Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius (KrF); Kai Steffen Østensen (Ap); and Stian Storbukås (FrP). Compensatory seat - Mirell Høyer-Berntsen (SV).
2021 Results of the 2021 parliamentary election held on 13 September 2021:
Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsÅseral Farsund Flekke-fjord Hæge-bostad Kristian-sand Kvines-dal Lindes-nes Lyngdal Sirdal Venne-sla Conservative Party H 67 1,197 940 103 14,489 446 2,693 1,141 156 1,127 22,359 21.26% 1 0 1 Labour Party Ap 92 1,083 776 78 13,967 625 2,651 763 152 1,658 21,845 20.78% 1 0 1 Christian Democratic Party KrF 81 581 628 277 8,097 480 1,384 1,203 136 1,731 14,598 13.88% 1 0 1 Progress Party FrP 64 1,129 1,205 183 6,109 673 2,208 988 167 1,095 13,821 13.14% 1 0 1 Centre Party Sp 205 680 683 301 4,209 665 1,749 865 264 1,238 10,859 10.33% 1 0 1 Socialist Left Party SV 8 207 206 12 4,102 86 501 142 24 327 5,615 5.34% 0 0 0 Liberal Party V 4 140 101 1 2,858 48 419 103 23 137 3,834 3.65% 0 1 1 Red Party R 6 136 137 10 2,384 53 319 111 20 179 3,355 3.19% 0 0 0 Green Party MDG 1 84 82 6 2,530 62 361 72 14 118 3,330 3.17% 0 0 0 Democrats in Norway 8 120 74 22 1,844 68 281 86 22 184 2,709 2.58% 0 0 0 The Christians PDK 13 66 27 19 451 46 119 75 15 138 969 0.92% 0 0 0 Pensioners' Party PP 1 12 11 0 367 8 55 14 2 22 492 0.47% 0 0 0 Center Party 0 18 10 3 310 14 54 31 2 36 478 0.45% 0 0 0 Industry and Business Party INP 0 36 25 2 120 37 68 40 5 27 360 0.34% 0 0 0 Health Party 2 15 6 1 101 3 22 8 0 9 167 0.16% 0 0 0 Capitalist Party 0 6 7 0 101 8 15 9 2 16 164 0.16% 0 0 0 Pirate Party of Norway 0 2 3 1 54 6 4 1 0 7 78 0.07% 0 0 0 People's Action No to More Road Tolls FNB 0 3 1 0 46 0 7 1 0 4 62 0.06% 0 0 0 Alliance - Alternative for Norway 0 3 3 0 35 2 6 1 0 3 53 0.05% 0 0 0Valid votes 552 5,518 4,925 1,019 62,174 3,330 12,916 5,654 1,004 8,056 105,148 100.00% 5 1 6Blank votes 1 25 32 3 410 24 63 28 5 43 634 0.60% Rejected votes – other 0 7 7 0 73 6 31 0 1 3 128 0.12% Total polled 553 5,550 4,964 1,022 62,657 3,360 13,010 5,682 1,010 8,102 105,910 77.04% Registered electors 678 7,104 6,471 1,242 81,546 4,374 16,798 7,259 1,259 10,735 137,466 Turnout 81.56% 78.13% 76.71% 82.29% 76.84% 76.82% 77.45% 78.28% 80.22% 75.47% 77.04%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats - Anja Ninasdotter Abusland (Sp); Ingunn Foss (H); Kari Henriksen (Ap); Kjell Ingolf Ropstad (KrF); and Gisle Meininger Saudland (FrP). Compensatory seat - Ingvild Wetrhus Thorsvik (V).
2010s 2017 Results of the 2017 parliamentary election held on 11 September 2017:
Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsÅseral Audne-dal Farsund Flekke-fjord Hæge-bostad Kristian-sand Kvines-dal Lindes-nes Lyngdal Mandal Marnar-dal Sirdal Søgne Song-dalen Venne-sla Conservative Party H 111 166 1,501 1,153 183 14,870 630 787 1,324 2,515 236 219 2,041 764 1,646 28,146 27.88% 2 0 2 Labour Party Ap 89 129 1,064 865 103 11,352 759 398 578 1,812 256 170 1,173 732 1,758 21,238 21.04% 1 0 1 Progress Party FrP 79 180 1,295 1,215 205 6,536 813 545 950 1,872 175 177 1,051 651 1,540 17,284 17.12% 1 0 1 Christian Democratic Party KrF 85 269 575 612 242 5,717 480 358 911 794 114 147 600 420 1,423 12,747 12.63% 1 1 2 Centre Party Sp 135 193 337 521 204 1,436 404 284 360 486 396 210 542 382 652 6,542 6.48% 0 0 0 Socialist Left Party SV 8 18 165 162 5 2,810 54 63 89 341 30 19 244 99 226 4,333 4.29% 0 0 0 Liberal Party V 5 5 150 124 12 2,311 44 81 84 282 34 28 240 82 172 3,654 3.62% 0 0 0 Green Party MDG 2 11 76 69 13 1,878 54 35 51 260 28 25 218 78 113 2,911 2.88% 0 0 0 Red Party R 2 7 82 50 4 888 34 29 18 93 16 6 54 38 55 1,376 1.36% 0 0 0 The Christians PDK 3 14 38 30 30 269 20 36 38 57 11 8 82 27 130 793 0.79% 0 0 0 Democrats in Norway 1 4 16 20 0 519 7 7 9 31 5 2 26 32 69 748 0.74% 0 0 0 Pensioners' Party PP 2 2 32 10 1 207 9 30 15 49 1 0 24 6 40 428 0.42% 0 0 0 Health Party 2 2 14 13 1 122 4 6 9 22 2 0 14 6 9 226 0.22% 0 0 0 Capitalist Party 1 1 7 8 1 129 6 1 7 13 10 0 9 8 10 211 0.21% 0 0 0 Pirate Party of Norway 0 0 8 6 0 90 3 0 6 8 3 0 7 14 8 153 0.15% 0 0 0 The Alliance 0 0 7 3 1 43 5 3 5 11 1 4 1 4 11 99 0.10% 0 0 0 Coastal Party KP 1 2 6 8 2 12 7 4 2 5 1 0 1 11 4 66 0.07% 0 0 0Valid votes 526 1,003 5,373 4,869 1,007 49,189 3,333 2,667 4,456 8,651 1,319 1,015 6,327 3,354 7,866 100,955 100.00% 5 1 6Blank votes 4 3 33 20 1 259 5 10 11 40 1 4 30 21 35 477 0.47% Rejected votes – other 0 1 16 1 0 100 6 12 0 25 1 2 12 4 0 180 0.18% Total polled 530 1,007 5,422 4,890 1,008 49,548 3,344 2,689 4,467 8,716 1,321 1,021 6,369 3,379 7,901 101,612 77.16% Registered electors 661 1,227 7,028 6,512 1,229 64,351 4,249 3,456 5,721 11,327 1,668 1,275 8,146 4,508 10,326 131,684 Turnout 80.18% 82.07% 77.15% 75.09% 82.02% 77.00% 78.70% 77.81% 78.08% 76.95% 79.20% 80.08% 78.19% 74.96% 76.52% 77.16%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats - Norunn Tveiten Benestad (H); Ingunn Foss (H); Hans Fredrik Grøvan (KrF); Kari Henriksen (Ap); and Gisle Meininger Saudland (FrP). Compensatory seat - Torhild Bransdal (KrF).
2013 Results of the 2013 parliamentary election held on 8 and 9 September 2013: