The centrist D66 party nearly tripled its seats, while Geert Wilders’ right-wing party suffered a drop from its shocking first-place finish in 2023.
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Dutch voters deliver rebuke to the far-right in knife-edge election
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Liberal-progressive party D66 wins election, Dutch media report
Centrist party D66 came ahead by a thin margin, exit polls suggested. The vote would signal a weakening of the far-right Freedom Party (PVV), which had come in first in the last election.
Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party and the progressive Democrats 66 party are in a virtual tie in the Dutch parliamentary election Wednesday, as voters threw support behind more traditional centrist political groups.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Voters and leading contenders cast their ballots across the Netherlands on Wednesday in a close-run snap election called after anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders brought down t
The election will decide whether Geert Wilders' previously successful anti-immigration nationalism can extend its reach or give way to centrism. With half the electorate still undecided, the outcome remains wide open.
Voters and leading contenders cast their ballots across the Netherlands on Wednesday in a close-run snap election called after anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders brought down the last four-party coalition in a dispute over a crackdown on immigration
The progressive Democrats 66 party was on track to win the Dutch parliamentary election after voters dealt a blow to Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party and threw support behind mainstream political groups.
Centrist party D66 and the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) are neck and neck with 90% of votes counted, a projection showed, signaling a setback for Geert Wilder's PVV, which had come in first in the last election.
The centrist Democrats 66 party looked set to play a key role in forming a new Dutch government as its support nearly tripled in Wednesday’s parliamentary election.
Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders' far-right Party for Freedom and the centrist D66 were tied with nearly all votes counted Thursday in the Dutch general election in an unprecedented neck-and-neck race to become the biggest party.
The center-left Democrats 66 party won the Dutch election, on track to nearly triple its presence in parliament and dealing a major blow to the anti-migrant, populist party of Geert Wilders.
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