Overview
- D66 and PVV each stand on 26 seats in provisional projections, with D66 now roughly 15,000 votes ahead after new totals from Amsterdam and Hilversum.
- About 90,000 overseas mail-in ballots, processed in The Hague and expected Monday evening, could still determine which party finishes first before the Kiesraad certifies the result on November 7.
- D66 backed a PVV request to postpone the start of the verkenningsfase, and Tweede Kamer chair Martin Bosma will set the new timing.
- Local counting faced delays and corrections, including tablet failures in Epe, a reporting system glitch in Almere, a halted count in Venray after a town hall fire, and Amsterdam’s slower central recount process.
- Early patterns show D66 surging in urban strongholds such as Utrecht and Amsterdam, while the PVV remains the largest in many Flevoland municipalities and cities like Helmond and Almere despite losses since 2023.