Elmar Vlottes
Elmar Vlottes | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 6 December 2023 | |
| Member of the Provincial Council of Gelderland | |
| In office 2017–2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 August 1989 Apeldoorn, Netherlands |
| Political party | PVV |
| Other political affiliations | Pim Fortuyn List (until 2008) |
| Alma mater | HAN University of Applied Sciences Radboud University |
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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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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2017 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 30 | 381 | 20 | Lost | [6] | |
| 2019 | Senate | Party for Freedom | 12 | 0 | 5 | Lost | [7] | |
| 2021 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 34 | 263 | 17 | Lost | [8] | |
| 2023 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 27 | 706 | 37 | Won | [9] | |
References
- ^ "CANDIDATE LIST 2015". Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ "Biography, education and career of Elmar Vlottes". Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ "Elmar Vlottes". Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ "E. (Elmar) Vlottes". Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ "Tweede Kamerfractie" [House of Representatives group]. Party for Freedom (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Kiesraad (31 May 2019). "Proces-verbaal van de verkiezingsuitslag van de Eerste Kamer" (PDF) (in Dutch). pp. 17–19. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
