The current division was established by a 1999
constitution amendment and was an attempt to balance the weight of different districts of the country whereby voters in the rural districts
have greater representation per head than voters in
Reykjavík city and its
suburbs. The imbalance of votes between city and country still exists and a provision in the election law states that if the number of votes per seat in parliament in one constituency goes below half of what it is in any other constituency, one seat shall be transferred between them. ==Composition==