Will Wilders Win? ELECTION DAY SPECIAL

Really appreciate the 4 folk who clicked this thinking it was gonna be anything other than Dutch and hoping a quick Google translate might help

A shell-shocked looking Wilders has just given a press conference where he acknowledged that he failed in his ambition to become the largest party in the country, and he promised to come back stronger in 4 years’ time, at the next election. The patriotic spring (?) will live on …

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Still tho, hupp! Hupp!

Rotterdam, Utrecht and Den Haag have declared their results. Strong performance for Rutte’s VVD, D66 and Groen Links, but also significant support for DENK, who have strong links to Turkish migrants.

Counting the votes appears to take longer than expected, due to (a) the oversized voting form, (b) the manual counting process and (c) the high turn-out. One final check before bedtime, with 201 out of 388 local councils declared (150 seats in total, 76 seats required to form a government):

  1. VVD (right-wing liberals) 32 seats
  2. CDA (Christian centrists) 20 seats
  3. PVV (extremist right-wingers) 19 seats
  4. D66 (left-wing liberals) 18 seats
  5. Groen Links (green lefties) 14 seats
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Early morning update: 366 out of 388 councils have declared. Turn-out is 78%.

  1. VVD (right-wing liberals) 33 seats
  2. PVV (extremist right-wingers) 20 seats
  3. CDA (Christian centrists) 19 seats
  4. D66 (left-wing liberals) 19 seats
  5. SP (socialist party) 14 seats

Dutch newspapers are confirming Rutte’s third term as prime minister

It’s true, I have been enjoying my ignorance BUT I have learnt something about Dutch pronunciation so thanks to @aboynamedgoo for that.

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Hey abng, has a Dutch party ever formed a majority government? I went back to 1945 or something and then got bored. Looked like nobody has come close for a very long time.

The last one was the Kappeyne van de Coppello government, which was formed entirely by the Liberals. After two years in office various ministers disagreed over the new canal laws, which led to the government falling and triggering a new election.

They ruled from 1877 to 1879. Ever since the Netherlands has had a coalition government.

…and Rutte achieved this by adopting their rhetoric rather than fighting it. Good one.

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They have finally finished counting. The official results are in. Turn-out was an excellent 80.4%

  1. VVD (right-wing liberals) 33 seats
  2. PVV (extremist right-wingers) 20 seats
  3. CDA (Christian centrists) 19 seats
  4. D66 (left-wing liberals) 19 seats
  5. SP (socialist party) 14 seats
  6. Groen Links (green lefties) 14 seats
  7. PvdA (traditional Labour party) 9 seats
  8. CU (orthodox protestants) 5 seats
  9. PvdD (animal rights activists) 5 seats
  10. 50plus (old people) 4 seats
  11. SGP (conservative protestants) 3 seats
  12. DENK (left-wing migrants) 3 seats
  13. FvD (more extremist right-wingers) 2 seats

The next step is to form a new government. Edith Schippers, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport has been appointed by the Speaker of the House* to explore various options to form a coalition. She is due to report back to the House of Representatives by next Wednesday.

*) overseeing the forming of a new government used to be the King’s job, but he was sacked from that role in 2012.

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Something for everyone in Holland huh

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My colleague just said “I have a great idea for a new party: Green Right”
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Could you clarify something for me please @aboynamedgoo?

When you say FvD are “more extremist right-wingers”, do you mean they’re more extremely right-wing than PVV, or just they’re also extreme right-wingers.?

Difference between UKIP and BNP perhaps?

Plenty of those in Holland

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Do you think the abundance of choice sometimes clogs up the political process?

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sorry

Also extreme right-wing. They are conservative, nationalist and eurosceptic. Their ideas are presented in a slightly more respectable manner than Wilders does, but that’s a very low bar.