Niels Tas

Niels E. M. Tas (born 12 September 1983) is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of Vooruit, he has represented East Flanders since March 2025.

Tas was born on 12 September 1983 in Dendermonde. He is a policy officer at The Learning Collective ().

Tas has been a member of the municipal council in Dendermonde since 2007. He was leader of the Socialist Party Different (SP.A) group on the municipal council from 2009 to 2012 and from 2018 to 2024. He was a schepen (alderman) from 2013 to 2018 and from 2024. He contested the 2019 federal election as the SP.A's 3rd placed candidate in East Flanders but the party only won two seats in the constituency. He contested the 2024 federal election as Vooruit's first placed substitute candidate in East Flanders and received 3,639 preference votes. He was appointed to the Chamber of Representatives in March 2025 following the resignation of Joris Vandenbroucke.

Tas is married and has two children.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+ Electoral history of Niels Tas ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col|Votes ! scope=col|Result |- | 2006 local || Dendermonde || || Socialist Party Different-Spirit || align=right| || Not elected |- | 2012 local || Dendermonde || style="background:;"| || Socialist Party Different || align=right| || Elected |- | 2018 local || Dendermonde || style="background:;"| || Socialist Party Different || align=right| || Elected |- | 2019 federal || East Flanders || style="background:;"| || Socialist Party Different || align=right| || Not elected |- | 2024 local || Dendermonde || style="background:;"| || Vooruit || align=right| || Elected |} Provided by Wikipedia