Northeast (Althing constituency)

Northeast
Norðaustur
Constituency
for the Althing
Location of Northeast within Iceland
Municipality
List
  • Akureyri
  • Dalvíkurbyggð
  • Eyjafjarðarsveit
  • Fjallabyggð
  • Fjarðabyggð
  • Fljótsdalshreppur
  • Grýtubakkahreppur
  • Hörgársveit
  • Langanesbyggð
  • Múlaþing
  • Norðurþing
  • Skútustaðahreppur
  • Svalbarðshreppur
  • Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur
  • Tjörneshreppur
  • Vopnafjörður
  • Þingeyjarsveit
RegionEastern
Northeastern
Population42,192 (2022)[1]
Electorate29,847 (2021)
Area38,392 km2 (2018)[2]
Current Constituency
Created1959
Seats
List
  • 9 (2003–present)
  • 5 (1995–2003)
  • 6 (1959–1995)
Member of the Althing[3]
List
  •   Berglind Ósk Guðmundsdóttir (D)
  •   Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir (V)
  •   Ingibjörg Ólöf Isaksen (B)
  •   Jakob Frímann Magnússon (F)
  •   Jódís Skúladóttir (V)
  •   Líneik Anna Sævarsdóttir (B)
  •   Logi Már Einarsson (S)
  •   Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson (D)
  •   Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (M)
  •   Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson (B)
Created from
List
  • Akureyri
  • Eyjafjarðarsýsla
  • North Þingeyjarsýsla
  • South Þingeyjarsýsla
  • Eastern

Northeast (Icelandic: Norðaustur) is a constituency of Iceland. It was created in 1959.

Election results

Party Votes % Seats
Con. Com. Tot.
Progressive Party B 6,016 25.56% 3 0 3
Independence Party D 4,346 18.47% 2 0 2
Left-Green Movement V 3,040 12.92% 1 1 2
Social Democratic Alliance S 2,465 10.47% 1 0 1
Centre Party M 2,092 8.89% 1 0 1
People's Party F 2,026 8.61% 1 0 1
Reform Party C 1,263 5.37% 0 0 0
Pirate Party P 1,256 5.34% 0 0 0
Icelandic Socialist Party J 954 4.05% 0 0 0
Liberal Democratic Party O 78 0.33% 0 0 0
Valid Votes 23,536 100.00% 9 1 10
Blank Votes 596 2.46%
Rejected Votes – Other 48 0.20%
Total Polled 24,180 81.01%
Registered Electors 29,847

References

  1. ↑ "MAN02001: Population by municipalities, sex and age 1 January 1998-2022". Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Sveitarfélagasjá". Akranes, Iceland: Landmælingar Íslands. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Alþingismenn - Þingmenn og embætti" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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