US EditionDutch Election a Photo Finish Between Far-Right, Centrists
Far-right parties gained seats, with PVV narrowly leading; coalition talks expected to be lengthy due to ideological diversity and 76 seats needed for majority.
- On Thursday, the Dutch election produced a cliffhanger, with only a few thousand votes separating Geert Wilders' PVV and Rob Jetten's D66, with 99.7 percent of the vote tallied, the PVV was fractionally ahead.
- Driven by immigration and housing concerns, voters faced a bewildering field of 27 parties on an A3 ballot, while Rob Jetten surged after strong media performances.
- Seat projections show notable shifts, with Geert Wilders' PVV dropping to 26 seats while JA21 rose from one to nine and Forum for Democracy doubled from three to seven.
- A 'grand coalition' is now seen as the likeliest path, involving D66, VVD, CDA, and the Green/Labour group, while less than 3,000 votes and overseas postal votes delay final results and outgoing Prime Minister Dick Schoof leads interim government.
- Seen across Europe as a test of populism, the result prompted hopeful reactions from voters like Sanne-Louisa de Bruin, as experts warned coalition negotiations will take time.
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Far-right and centrist parties are in a virtual tie in Dutch election, according to near total vote count
Far-right and centrist parties are in a virtual tie in Dutch election, according to near total vote count.
Given initially beaten, Geert Wilders' far right is now given the lead in the early legislative elections in the Netherlands, on an equal footing with a pro-European centrist party, in a projection published on Thursday following this highly followed vote in Europe.
Centrists and Geert Wilders' far-right are tied in the Dutch snap election, exit polls showed on Thursday with more than 90 percent of votes counted.
The total count almost showed that each party won 26 seats in the elections on Thursday. The difference between the two main parties is not more than 2,000 votes throughout the country, according to the number of votes published by the Dutch National News Agency NAP, quoted by the Dutch media. It is expected that the hard result will lead to delays in the start of the process of formation of a new government coalition. No Dutch election had prev…
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