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D66 Edges PVV as Final Count Puts Jetten First in Dutch Vote

Expat postal ballots gave D66 a slim vote lead ahead of Friday’s official certification.

Overview

  • Dutch news agency ANP’s final tally shows D66 ahead of PVV by about 28,455 votes after roughly 87,000 overseas ballots were counted.
  • Despite the vote lead, both parties are projected to hold 26 seats in the 150-seat parliament.
  • Rob Jetten is set to start coalition talks on Tuesday by appointing a scout, with a preferred four‑party alliance that would total 86 seats on paper.
  • Geert Wilders criticized Jetten’s early victory claim and promoted allegations of irregularities, which local authorities and the Electoral Council have rejected as unfounded.
  • The GreenLeft–Labour alliance named Jesse Klaver as its new leader after Frans Timmermans stepped down, positioning the bloc for negotiations.