Elmar Vlottes
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 (1989-08-03) 3 August 1989
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] For the 2023 Dutch general election he was elected to the House of Representatives.[4]

Electoral history

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 [5]
2021 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 34 263 17 Lost [6]
2023 House of Representatives Party for Freedom 27 706 37 Won [7]

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. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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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