Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway 1814, as amended to 2023
Legislature
  • English
    The people exercise the legislative power through the Storting. The Members of the Storting are elected through free and secret elections.
    … (Art. 49)
  • Norwegian
    Folket utøver den lovgivende makt ved Stortinget. Stortingets representanter velges gjennom frie og hemmelige valg.
    … (§ 49)
Legislature
  • English

    In each constituency, a seat at large shall be allotted to one Member of the Storting on the basis of the number of votes cast in the entire realm. Direct seats are allotted to the other Members of the Storting in the constituency on the basis of the number of votes cast in the constituency.
    The directly elected Members of the Storting are elected from each constituency by proportional representation according to the Sainte-Laguë method, with 1.4 as the first distribution figure. ...
    The seats at large are distributed among the registered political parties which have put up lists in all the constituencies and which have received at least four per cent of the approved votes in the entire realm.
    … (Art. 59)

  • Norwegian

    I hvert valgdistrikt skal én representant tildeles utjevningsmandat på grunnlag av stemmetallet i hele riket. De andre representantene i valgdistriktet tildeles direktemandater på grunnlag av stemmetallet i valgdistriktet.
    De direktevalgte representantene velges fra hvert valgdistrikt ved forholdstallsvalg etter Sainte-Laguës metode med 1,4 som det første delingstallet. ...
    Utjevningsmandatene fordeles mellom de registrerte politiske partiene som har stilt liste i alle valgdistriktene og har fått minst fire prosent av de godkjente stemmene i hele riket.
    ... (§ 59)

Legislature
  • English
    No one may be elected as a Member of the Storting unless he or she is entitled to vote. (Art. 61)
  • Norwegian
    Ingen kan velges til representant uten å være stemmeberettiget. (§ 61)
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This meeting is in reference to the meeting of the Council of State.