Centrist D66 confirmed as Dutch general election winner

Published connected 31/10/2025 - 13:35 GMT+1 •Updated 13:38

The centrist wide D66 has officially beaten nan far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) and go nan biggest victor of this week's nail-biting threat parliamentary predetermination race.

With astir each votes counted, Dutch property agency ANP announced that Geert Wilders' PVV nary longer has a chance astatine overtaking nan D66 led by Rob Jetten.

The remaining votes travel from conscionable 1 municipality, Venray, wherever a occurrence that collapsed retired successful nan municipality hallway delayed ballot counting. Also remaining are nan mail-in ballots from voters surviving abroad, which will beryllium announced by Monday. The latest tally shows a 15,155-vote lead for D66.

The D66 — short for Democrats 66, besides named aft nan twelvemonth nan statement was founded, 1966 — made important gains, rising from conscionable 9 seats successful parliament to 26.

According to ANP, which collects results from each Dutch municipalities, it is besides imaginable that D66 will summation a residual seat, bringing its full to 27 MPs.

Their triumph intends they will return nan first inaugural successful forming a coalition, and puts Jetten arsenic a apt campaigner for premier minister.

Who is Rob Jetten and what does D66 guidelines for?

The wide centrist statement was past successful authorities during nan last word of erstwhile Prime Minister Mark Rutte, which fell successful 2023 pursuing a situation regarding asylum.

Jetten himself served arsenic curate for ambiance and power argumentation successful nan past conjugation nether Rutte until 2024.

Jetten campaigned difficult for a return to “progressive” politics, focusing connected greenish power to support power costs down, building cities to tackle nan lodging situation and easing nan strain connected nan healthcare strategy by prioritising unwellness prevention.

On nan taxable of housing, nan centrist leader said he wanted to build 10 caller towns, and that cutting reddish portion would let 100,000 caller homes a twelvemonth to beryllium completed.

Meanwhile, connected nan divisive rumor of migration, Jetten pledged to walk much connected integration programmes and to tackle forbidden migration by allowing asylum claims to beryllium made from extracurricular nan EU.

How does Jetten dream to govern?

Jetten said his government’s argumentation would beryllium to guarantee that those fleeing warfare aliases unit participated successful Dutch nine by learning nan language. He besides promised that “the rotten apples” would beryllium “pulled retired of nan system” and deported.

The D66’s leader besides successfully took purpose astatine Wilders, whose statement discontinue nan conjugation past June complete disagreements astir migration, a move that brought down nan government. Jetten accused his far-right force of “hijacking” Dutch personality and “sowing division”.

Jetten said connected Wednesday nighttime that he hopes to subordinate a conjugation successful a “broad governmental centre”. That would constituent to a collaboration among nan left-leaning GL-PvdA, nan centrist CDA, and nan much blimpish VVD.

VVD, connected nan different hand, has expressed aversion to governing pinch Frans Timmermans of nan GL-PvdA. After Timmermans stepped down pursuing Wednesday’s lower-than-expected results successful nan exit poll, it remains unclear if this position would change.

The triumph for D66 besides further isolates Wilders and limits his chances of governing. Most parties, including D66, person ruled retired governing pinch PVV.