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How Norway distributed its 169 Storting seats across districts in 2025
Norway recalculated how many parliamentary seats each electoral district would return in 2025. Akershus gained one seat and Finnmark lost one. The other 17 districts kept their 2021 allocations, and the total stayed at 169.
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2021 election
Shared scale · 0 seats to 20 seats
2025 election
Shared scale · 0 seats to 20 seats
The chart highlights the two changed districts and selected comparators. All 19 districts are in the table.
The allocation decides how many seats each district returns
The ministry calculated the number of representatives for the 19 electoral districts before the election. Its table reports how the same total of 169 seats was divided in 2021 and 2025. It uses both population and area in the allocation calculation. Source 1 Source 2
Only Akershus and Finnmark changed
Akershus went from 19 to 20 seats and Finnmark from five to four. Oslo remained on 20. The ministry cited population changes and noted that Jevnaker moved from Buskerud to the Akershus electoral district. Source 1 Source 2
Each district’s total includes a leveling seat
The electoral directorate says one of the seats assigned to each of the 19 districts is a leveling seat. The remaining 150 are district seats. Leveling seats are allocated using nationwide support and are restricted to eligible registered parties meeting the four percent threshold. Source 3 Source 2
The geographic calculation now runs before each election
The ministry explains that a constitutional change in 2022 requires new district allocations before each parliamentary election. The previous calculation was done in 2020 for the 2021 election. The allocation table describes seats available in a district before votes determine which candidates fill them. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3