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Line 202: {{Main\|Norwegian parliamentary election, 2021}} [[File:Stemmeavlukket.jpg\|thumb\|An election booth at the event of municipal and county voting, 2007]] Members to ~~Stortinget~~the Storting are elected based on [[party-list proportional representation]] in [[Voting systems#Multiple-winner methods\|plural member]] constituencies. This means that representatives from different political parties are elected from each constituency. The constituencies are identical to the 19 former [[counties of Norway]]. Although county mergers have brought the number of counties down to 11, the 19 constituencies are unchanged. The electorate does not vote for individuals but rather for party lists, with a ranked list of candidates nominated by the party. This means that the person on top of the list will get the seat unless the voter [[open list\|alters the ballot]]. Parties may nominate candidates from outside their own constituency, and even Norwegian citizens currently living abroad.<ref name=voting>{{cite book \|last=Ryssevik \|first=Jostein \|title=I samfunnet. Norsk politikk \|year=2002 \|publisher=Aschehoug \|location=Oslo \|language=no \|isbn=978-82-03-32852-7}}</ref> The [[Sainte-Laguë method]] is used for allocating parliamentary seats to parties. As a result, the percentage of representatives is roughly equal to the nationwide percentage of votes. Still, a party with a high number of votes in only one constituency can win a seat there even if the nationwide percentage is low. This has happened several times in Norwegian history. Conversely, if a party's initial representation in Stortinget is proportionally less than its share of votes, the party may seat more representatives through [[leveling seat]]s, provided that the nationwide percentage is above the [[election threshold]], currently at 4%. In 2009, nineteen seats were allocated via the leveling system.<ref name=voting/> Elections are held each four years (in odd-numbered years occurring after a year evenly divisible by four), normally on the second Monday of September.

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