Elmar Vlottes

Dutch politician (born 1989)
Elmar Vlottes
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 December 2023
Member of the Provincial Council of Gelderland
In office
2017–2023
Personal details
Born (1989-08-03) 3 August 1989 (age 34)
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Political partyPVV
Other political
affiliations		Pim Fortuyn List (until 2008)
Alma materHAN University of Applied Sciences
Radboud University
Occupation
  • Politician

E. (Elmar) Vlottes (born 3 August 1989) is a Dutch politician of the Party for Freedom who has been a Member of the House of Representatives since 2023.

Biography

Vlottes was born in Apeldoorn in 1989. He studied for a HBO diploma at the HAN University of Applied Sciences followed by a degree in Dutch law at Radboud University before working as a programmer for an electronics company.[1]

He has described assassinated Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn as motivating his interest in politics before he began working as an intern for the PVV in 2008 as a legal advisor.[2] In 2017 he was elected to the Provincial Council of Gelderland and also worked as a policy officer for the PVV's faction in the House of Representatives.[3] In the 2023 Dutch general election, he was elected to the House of Representatives, and he became the PVV's spokesperson for taxation.[4][5]

Electoral history

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Electoral history of Elmar Vlottes
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2017 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 30 381 20 Lost [6]
2021 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 34 263 17 Lost [7]
2023 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 27 706 37 Won [8]

References

  1. ^ "CANDIDATE LIST 2015". Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  2. ^ "Biography, education and career of Elmar Vlottes". Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  3. ^ "Elmar Vlottes". Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  4. ^ "E. (Elmar) Vlottes". Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  5. ^ "Tweede Kamerfractie" [House of Representatives group]. Party for Freedom (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 33–34. Retrieved 21 December 2023.


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House of Representatives
6 December 2023 – present
Party for Freedom
(PVV – 37)
GroenLinks–Labour Party
(GL/PvdA – 25)People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
(VVD – 24)New Social Contract
(NSC – 20)Democrats 66
(D66 – 9)Farmer–Citizen Movement
(BBB – 7)Christian Democratic Appeal
(CDA – 5)Socialist Party
(SP – 5)DENK
(DENK – 3)Party for the Animals
(PvdD – 3)Forum for Democracy
(FVD – 3)Reformed Political Party
(SGP – 3)Christian Union
(CU – 3)Volt Netherlands
(Volt – 2)JA21
(JA21 – 1)
 Bold  indicates the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker;  (Brackets)  indicate a temporarily absent member;
 Italics  indicate a temporary member;  ‹Guillemets›  indicate a member who has left the House of Representatives
See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2023–2027