Overview
- Provisional national totals place both parties at about 26 seats with only a few thousand votes separating them.
- The Hague is processing roughly 90,000 overseas ballots, with preliminary figures expected Monday evening and formal certification on Tuesday.
- Amsterdam’s extended tally shows D66 far ahead of PVV locally by about 15,000 votes as the city completes a second, central count; Almere resolved a technical glitch and finalized its results.
- Venray’s count resumes after a town hall meterkast fire blamed on a short circuit, with no indication of foul play and results expected Friday.
- Tweede Kamer Speaker Martin Bosma will meet party leaders on Tuesday to discuss the outcome and a verkenner, while local recounts and anomalies continue, including a precise 3,011–3,011 tie between PVV and VVD in Albrandswaard and clear regional contrasts such as D66 leading in Utrecht and PVV topping Flevoland.