Overview
- D66 and PVV each stand on roughly 26 seats, with D66 holding a lead of about 15,000 votes in the near-complete provisional count.
- Thousands of ballots from Dutch voters abroad are still being processed in The Hague, with first figures expected Monday evening and formal results on Tuesday.
- D66 has backed PVV leader Geert Wilders’ request to pause the start of the exploratory phase, and Speaker Martin Bosma has set the party leaders’ meeting for Tuesday.
- Local counting issues are being resolved: Venray is conducting a partial recount after a town-hall fire, Epe recovered two precincts after tablet failures, and Albrandswaard is rechecking an exact VVD–PVV tie of 3,011 votes each.
- Rail travel between Utrecht and Den Bosch remains suspended after a truck–train collision near Meteren, with ProRail now expecting repairs to take through next week Friday and buses and detours in place.