Anja Vanrobaeys

Anja Vanrobaeys
Vanrobaeys in May 2022
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Assumed office
20 June 2019
ConstituencyEast Flanders
Personal details
Born (1968-11-19) 19 November 1968
Lüdenscheid, Germany
Political partyVooruit

Anja Vanrobaeys (born 19 November 1968) is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of Vooruit, she has represented East Flanders since June 2019.

Vanrobaeys was born on 19 November 1968 in Lüdenscheid, Germany. She has lived in Erpe since she was eight years old.

Vanrobaeys was elected to the municipal council in Erpe-Mere at the 2006 local election. She was re-elected at the 2012 and 2018 local elections. In March 2021 she announced that she was resigning from the municipal council in Erpe-Mere and moving to Aalst so that se can take part in politics there. She contested the 2009 regional election as the Socialist Party Different (SP.A)'s 22nd placed candidate in East Flanders but was not elected.

Vanrobaeys contested the 2010 federal election as the SP.A's 15th placed candidate in East Flanders but the party won only three seats in the constituency. She contested the 2014 federal election as the SP.A's second placed substitute candidate in East Flanders and received 3,478 preference votes. She was elected to the Chamber of Representatives at the 2019 federal election. She was re-elected at the 2024 federal election.

Electoral history of Anja Vanrobaeys
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2006 localErpe-MereSocialist Party Different-Spirit-Groen363Elected
2009 regionalEast FlandersSocialist Party Different3,149Not elected
2010 federalEast FlandersSocialist Party Different3,560Not elected
2012 localErpe-MereSocialist Party Different-Groen403Elected
2018 localErpe-MereSocialist Party Different-Groen458Elected
2019 federalEast FlandersSocialist Party Different8,527Elected
2024 federalEast FlandersVooruit8,756Elected