Västra Götaland County North

Västra Götaland County North (Swedish: Västra Götalands Läns Norra) is one of the 29 multi-memberconstituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established as Älvsborg County North (Swedish: Älvsborgs Läns Norra) in 1970 when the Riksdag was changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It was renamed Västra Götaland County North in 1998 when the counties of Älvsborg, Gothenburg and Bohus and Skaraborg were merged to create Västra Götaland. The constituency currently consists of the municipalities of Åmål, Bengtsfors, Dals-Ed, Färgelanda, Lysekil, Mellerud, Munkedal, Orust, Sotenäs, Strömstad, Tanum, Trollhättan, Uddevalla and Vänersborg. The constituency currently elects eight of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the openparty-list proportional representationelectoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 208,144 registered electors.