Centrist D66 beats the far right to win Dutch election, national press agency announces – POLITICO

Rob Jetten’s centrist-liberal D66 party has won the Dutch election, according to the national press agency ANP, toppling Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV).

D66 and the PVV emerged as the equal largest in Wednesday’s election with 26 parliament seats each, but with almost all votes counted, ANP said Friday that D66 could not be caught for first place. It’s a narrow victory, with the party just 15,155 votes ahead of the PVV, with 99.7 percent counted.

Jetten said Friday it was a “historic result for D66,” and he’s “very proud of that.” He added, “At the same time, I feel a great responsibility to quickly start exploring options this week in order to form a stable and ambitious government.”