Leader of D66 (Democrats 66) Rob Jetten (C) reacts connected signifier to the announcement of the Dutch parliamentary exit canvass during a results evening of the enactment successful Leiden connected October 29, 2025.
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Dutch centrist enactment D66 won the astir votes successful Wednesday's wide election, quality bureau ANP said connected Friday, putting its 38-year-old person Rob Jetten connected people to go the youngest-ever premier curate successful the Netherlands.
With astir each votes counted, D66 tin nary longer beryllium overtaken by the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) led by Geert Wilders, according to the quality agency, which collects the results from each municipalities successful the Netherlands.
D66 is present expected to instrumentality the pb successful a archetypal circular of talks to signifier a conjugation government, a process which usually takes months.
With astir 18% of the votes, the enactment volition request astatine slightest 3 conjugation partners to scope a elemental bulk successful the 150-seat little enclosure of parliament.
Jetten connected Friday urged mainstream parties from the near to the close to unite.
"Voters person intelligibly indicated the request for cooperation," Jetten told reporters. "We privation to find a bulk that volition eagerly enactment connected issues specified arsenic the lodging market, migration, clime and the economy."
The pro-EU, wide D66 tripled its spot number with an upbeat run and a surge successful advertizing spending, portion Wilders mislaid a ample portion of the enactment that had propelled him to a daze triumph astatine the erstwhile canvass successful 2023.
European flags are displayed successful The Hague connected June 5, 2024, up of the upcoming European elections.
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Still, the predetermination turned into a nailbiter, arsenic preliminary results indicated a constrictive triumph for D66, portion the PVV concisely pulled up towards the extremity of the count.
Although each mainstream parties had already ruled retired moving with him, Wilders had said helium would request to person a archetypal ace astatine forming a conjugation if his enactment was confirmed to person the astir votes.
Confirmation of the effect volition travel connected Monday, erstwhile message ballots formed by Dutch residents surviving overseas are counted.
Party leaders volition sermon the adjacent steps connected Tuesday.
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