US EditionFar-right and centrists neck-and-neck in Dutch election: estimates
Rob Jetten's centrist D66 is narrowly leading with 27 seats to PVV's 25 in a fragmented parliament requiring coalitions to govern, following Wilders' coalition withdrawal.
- On Thursday, ANP projected that D66 party, led by Rob Jetten, and the PVV Freedom Party, led by Geert Wilders, were heading for 26 seats each with more than 90% counted.
- In June, Geert Wilders pulled support after disputes over asylum and migration, withdrawing the PVV from a fragile four-party coalition over immigration quotas and family reunification rules, collapsing the government.
- Exit polling and early tallies underscored D66's surge with 27 seats against the PVV Freedom Party's 25, showing a steep decline from its 2023 election result.
- Given the fragmentation, protracted coalition talks are likely and could last weeks or months because Mr Jetten will need 76 seats and at least four parties to form a government within the 27-party system.
- Amid a chronic housing shortage of almost 400,000 homes in a population of 18 million, Dutch voters prioritised domestic issues, and Rob Jetten told supporters `Millions of Dutch people have turned the page today. They have said goodbye to the politics of negativity, of hate`.
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It only looked like a victory for the left-liberals in the Netherlands, but according to a new extrapolation the PVV is catching up with the right-wing populist Wilders. A narrow head-to-head race in the neighboring country is emerging.
Given initially beaten, Geert Wilders' PVV is now playing the same game with the pro-European centrist party D66. According to projections, the two formations would win 26 seats each, but the young centrist leader Rob Jetten seems more able to form a coalition.
Netherlands election: Geert Wilders' far-right party suffers blow as centrists lead in exit poll
Far right parties have been on the march in countries including France and Germany, but long-serving Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders has been dealt a blow in his country's latest general election.
There has been an important change in the extrapolations for the Dutch parliamentary election: the left-liberals have lost their lead over the right-wing party of Geert Wilders.
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Far-right and centrists neck-and-neck in Dutch election: estimates
The far-right party of Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders was running neck-and-neck with a pro-European centrist party in a nailbiting election, according to an estimate Thursday with more than 90 percent of votes counted.
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