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Danai van Weerdenburg | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 23 March 2017 –5 December 2023 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 9 June 2015 –22 March 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1976 Amstelveen |
| Political party | Party for Freedom |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
Danai van Weerdenburg (born 1 August 1976) is a Dutch politician of the Party for Freedom,who was a member of the Senate from 2015 until 2017 and an MP between 2017 and 2023. [1]
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2015 | Senate | Party for Freedom | 6 | 502 [a] | 9 | Won | [2] | |
| 2021 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 12 | 840 | 17 | Won | [3] | |
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Senate 9 June 2015 – 11 June 2019 | ||
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD: 13) |  | |
| Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA: 12) | ||
| Democrats 66 (D66: 10) | ||
| Party for Freedom (PVV: 9) | ||
| Socialist Party (SP: 9) | ||
| Labour Party (PvdA: 8) | ||
| GreenLeft (GL: 4) | ||
| Christian Union (CU: 3) | ||
| Party for the Animals (PvdD: 2) | ||
| Reformed Political Party (SGP: 2) | ||
| 50PLUS (50+: 2) | ||
| Independent Senate Group (OSF: 1) | ||
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