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Progressive Dutch liberals lead early exit polls, far right loses ground

Exit polls published immediately after voting ended in the Netherlands general election on October 29, 2025, showed the centrist D66 party narrowly ahead with 27 projected seats, while Geert Wilders' far-right Party for Freedom was projected to win 25 seats.</span

Exit polls published immediately after voting ended in the Netherlands general election on October 29, 2025, showed the centrist D66 party narrowly ahead with 27 projected seats, while Geert Wilders' far-right Party for Freedom was projected to win 25 seats.

The projected results represented a significant shift from the 2023 election, when Wilders' Party for Freedom won 37 seats, and D66 held only 9 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, with the new outcome potentially marking a loss of 12 seats for the PVV.</span

The projected results represented a significant shift from the 2023 election, when Wilders' Party for Freedom won 37 seats, and D66 held only 9 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, with the new outcome potentially marking a loss of 12 seats for the PVV.

D66 leader Rob Jetten, 38, told supporters that millions of Dutch people had turned the page and said goodbye to a politics of negativity, while Wilders conceded the result was not what he wanted but stated his party remained combative and had achieved its second best result ever.</span

D66 leader Rob Jetten, 38, told supporters that millions of Dutch people had turned the page and said goodbye to a politics of negativity, while Wilders conceded the result was not what he wanted but stated his party remained combative and had achieved its second best result ever.

The election was triggered after Wilders withdrew his party from a four-party coalition in June 2025 over disputes regarding asylum and migration policy, with mainstream parties subsequently ruling out future coalitions with him, arguing he was an untrustworthy partner.</span

The election was triggered after Wilders withdrew his party from a four-party coalition in June 2025 over disputes regarding asylum and migration policy, with mainstream parties subsequently ruling out future coalitions with him, arguing he was an untrustworthy partner.

The conservative People's Party for Freedom and Democracy was projected to finish third with 23 seats, while the left-wing Green Left-Labour alliance was projected to win 20 seats, and the Christian Democrats were projected to gain 14 seats to reach a total of 19 seats in parliament.</span

The conservative People's Party for Freedom and Democracy was projected to finish third with 23 seats, while the left-wing Green Left-Labour alliance was projected to win 20 seats, and the Christian Democrats were projected to gain 14 seats to reach a total of 19 seats in parliament.

The Dutch proportional representation system ensures no single party can win a majority of the 76 seats needed to govern alone, meaning coalition negotiations involving at least four parties were expected to begin and could take months to complete following the election results.</span

The Dutch proportional representation system ensures no single party can win a majority of the 76 seats needed to govern alone, meaning coalition negotiations involving at least four parties were expected to begin and could take months to complete following the election results.

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