Far-right PVV party leads in early elections in the Netherlands according to exit polls

Far-right PVV party leads in early elections in the Netherlands according to exit polls

Kyiv  •  UNN

November 22 2023, 09:50 PM • 21195 views

Geert Wilders' far-right Freedom Party is leading in the early parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, winning 35 seats, according to Ipsos exit polls, far ahead of other parties.

Geert Wilders' far-right Freedom Party (PVV) is leading in the early elections to the to the Dutch parliament. These are the results of an exit poll by the sociological firm Ipsos. This was reported is reported by UNN with reference to NOS.

It is noted that the far-right "Freedom Party" can claim 35 seats in the Dutch parliament. of the Netherlands - that is, 18 more than it has now. This is also significantly more than than the polls had predicted the day before.

With a noticeable gap from the far right, the second place is the GroenLinks-PvdA coalition (Left-Green and Labor), led by former led by former Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans. This coalition is predicted to win 26 seats in parliament.

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The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), which represented by the current head of the Dutch government, Mark Rutte, can can count on 23 seats.

The newcomer, the party of Peter Omzigt (NSC), comes in fourth in this exit poll. position in this exit poll with 20 seats in the parliament.

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The final results are still subject to change; moreover, much will depend on the process of will depend on the coalition formation process, which, due to the rich political system in the Netherlands, it could take months.

Many political parties have previously had previously stated that they would not unite with Wilders' Freedom Party.