Far-right Wilders wins Dutch election

Veteran anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders has won a dramatic victory in the Dutch general election, a political bombshell that will send shockwaves through the EU


Geert Wilders
Party for Freedom (PVV)

Frans Timmermans 
Green-Labour alliance (GL/PvdA)

Dilan Yeşilgöz
People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)

Pieter Omtzigt
New Social Contract (NSC)
 

	PROJECTED SEATS (2021 election)
PVV 	37 (17)
GL/PvdA 25 (17)
VVD 	24 (34)
NSC 	20 (0)
D66 	9 (24)
BBB	7 (1)
SP 	5 (9)
CDA 	5 (15)
FvD 	3 (8)
SGP 	3 (3)
DENK 	3 (3)
CU 	3 (5)
PvdD 	3 (6)
Volt 	2 (3)
JA21	1 (3)



With 76 seats needed for majority in 150-seat parliament, lengthy coalition talks look inevitable

Before election, other main parties said they would not join Wilders-led coalition because of his far-right views – but this could change due to scale of PVV victory


99.2% votes counted 
77.8% turnout
           

Source: ANP news agency projection via NOS 
Pictures: Newscom, Getty Images 
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