Overview
- An ANP near-total tally shows D66 and the PVV with 26 seats each in the 150-seat House, with outstanding overseas and postal ballots still to be counted.
- With 76 seats required to govern, no party can rule alone, and mainstream parties’ refusal to work with the PVV leaves Geert Wilders with no clear path to a majority.
- D66’s surge from 9 seats in 2023 to 26 positions 38-year-old Rob Jetten to try to form a government and potentially become the Netherlands’ youngest and first openly gay prime minister.
- Frans Timmermans said he will quit politics after the GL/PvdA alliance slipped to about 20 seats, underscoring shifts within the center-left.
- Coalition talks are expected to begin once final results are certified, with a scout likely appointed to test viable combinations in a fragmented parliament.