Overview
- With 99% of votes counted, D66 and PVV each hold 26 seats, with D66 ahead by roughly 15,000 votes nationwide, according to ANP projections.
- About 90,000 ballots from Dutch voters abroad are still to be tallied and are expected to decide which party receives the initial exploratory mandate from the monarch.
- Most major parties have ruled out governing with Geert Wilders, leaving a PVV-led coalition unlikely in a highly fragmented parliament.
- D66 gains about 17 seats compared with 2023 as PVV loses roughly 11 from its 2023 high; VVD ranks third with 22 seats, CDA rises to 18, and GroenLinks–PvdA falls to 20.
- GroenLinks–PvdA leader Frans Timmermans will step down after the disappointing result, and preliminary figures put turnout at 78.4%.