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The Netherlands adjourns until Tuesday the election of the government candidate

Pending the final results, the D66 will win a narrow victory. With 99.7% of the votes cast, the D66 has won 16.9% of the votes and the PVV 16.7% of the votes, with 26 seats each.

The Hague (Netherlands), 30/10/2025.- Polling station staff count postal votes from voters abroad at the World Forum in The Hague, the Netherlands, 30 October 2025. The Netherlands held House of Representatives elections on 29 October. (Elecciones, Países Bajos; Holanda, La Haya) EFE/EPA/LINA SELG
Counting of votes in the legislative elections in the Netherlands. Photo: EFE

The Dutch Parliament adjourns until next Tuesday the election of a candidate for government. This week's legislative elections were held in a tense contest. The count has not endedand there has been a technical draw between the center-left D66 and the far-right Freedom Party, the PVV.

The leaders of all parties have decided to postpone the meeting until next week, when they will elect the person to lead the process, who will be responsible for the process of forming a new government and the process of electing a new prime minister .

Sofar, with 99.7% of the votes counted, the D66 has 16.9% of the votes, and the PVV has 16.7% of the votes, and each party has 26 seats in parliament.

Before making the decision, PVV leader Geert Wilders has asked House Speaker Martin Bosma to postpone the search for alliances.

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