If the results are confirmed, Wilders’ victory is much larger than all the polls published in recent days had predicted, and the PVV would double its seats.
The Dutch far-right party PVV, led by the anti-Islamist and Eurosceptic Geert Wildershas won the general elections held this Wednesday in the Netherlands and adds 35 of the 150 seats of Parliament, according to the exit polls published at the close of the polling stations.
If the results of the survey carried out by the research agency Ipsos are confirmed, Wilders’ victory in these elections is much larger than all the surveys published in recent days had predicted, and the PVV would double the current 17 seats it has. has as an opposition party.
It is followed by the left-wing bloc formed by the social democrat PvdA and the green GroenLinks, headed by the former vice president of the European Commission Frans Timmermanswhat would I get 26 seats.
Third place would go to the right-wing liberal VVD, led by the Turkish-Dutch Dilan Yesilgöz and to which the acting prime minister belongs, Mark Ruttewho would suffer an electoral blow and would be left alone with 23 seatscompared to the current 34.
In fourth place, and if the polls are confirmed, would be the newly created New Social Contract (NSC), a Christian Democrat party. Pieter Omtzigtwhich would enter Parliament with 20 seats.
Of the 26 parties that ran in today’s elections, 16 have achieved parliamentary representation, although, with the exception of the PVV, VVD, NSC and the Timmermans bloc, none have surpassed the 10-seat barrier.
Wilders has received the result of the exit poll with surprise and has promised “prioritize the interests of the Dutch” and “limit the asylum tsunami” in Netherlands.
“The hope of the Netherlands is that people recover their country. That the tsunami of asylum is limited, that more money reaches citizens’ wallets,” said Wilders, who considered that “the voter has spoken” and the PVV will make sure to “prioritize the interests of the Dutch” in the next legislature, in which he wants to be prime minister.
Source: Eitb
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