Overview
- An official count confirms D66 finished first in votes, widening its lead over Geert Wilders’ PVV to 28,455.
- Despite the vote gap, both D66 and PVV will hold 26 of the 150 seats in the new parliament.
- Roughly 87,000 overseas ballots proved decisive, with 16,049 for D66 and 7,451 for PVV.
- The election authority will certify the result on 7 November, enabling the formal start of coalition procedures.
- D66 leader Rob Jetten is expected to launch coalition talks and name a negotiator on Tuesday, while Wilders disputes the outcome and authorities have rejected his claims.