Overview
- With nearly all ballots counted, ANP’s provisional tally shows D66 and the PVV level at 26 seats each, with overseas and postal votes still to be recorded that could affect the final order.
- The PVV is projected to lose about 11 seats from 2023, while D66 surges from nine to roughly 26; earlier exit polls had signaled a narrow D66 lead.
- No party approaches the 76-seat majority, and mainstream leaders have ruled out governing with Wilders, pointing to protracted coalition talks starting with a scout or informateur.
- D66 leader Rob Jetten, 38, could become the Netherlands’ youngest and first openly gay prime minister if he assembles a majority coalition.
- Frans Timmermans said he will quit politics after GL/PvdA slipped to about 20 seats, as projections put VVD near 22 and CDA around 18, with right-wing JA21 and FvD gaining seats.