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D66 Edges Ahead as Final Counts Hold Dutch Formation Talks on Pause

With overseas ballots and a few local tallies still outstanding, the Lower House speaker moved the party leaders’ meeting to Tuesday to wait for a definitive winner.

Overview

  • D66 leads PVV by roughly 15,000 votes nationwide after fuller Amsterdam totals, though both parties remain on about 26 projected seats.
  • Overseas and other brief votes being processed in The Hague, expected Monday evening with an official tally Tuesday, could still determine the largest party.
  • Speaker Martin Bosma postponed the gathering of faction leaders to Tuesday after PVV sought a delay to the exploratory phase and D66 supported the request.
  • A fire at Venray’s town hall—linked to an electrical fault—slowed counting; the mayor said ballots were secured and the municipality expects to report results Friday.
  • Almere said a technical reporting malfunction delayed its final update; the city now reports 100% counted with PVV the largest locally.